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MICHAEL JOHN LALLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordMichael John Lally, of Red Wing, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Red Wing, Minnesota (Goodhue County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 132
- CLIFFORD EARL JESSELance Corporal · May 8, 1970
- MIGUEL KEITHLance Corporal · May 8, 1970
- MONROE DEE KINGLieutenant Colonel · May 8, 1970
- JOHN DAVID LONSDALEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
From Red Wing
- THOMAS EDWARD REITMANNMajor · December 1, 1965
- CHARLES LEE HAUSCHILDTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- FREDRICK H HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
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.