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MICHAEL JOHN FLEMING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1950 – February 26, 1970
Service recordMichael John Fleming, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 57
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1950
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 57
- MARTIN JOSEPH BENSONFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1970
- THERMON HENRY EMORY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT LANE FALLOWSPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD MARTIN STAATSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 59
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.