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MICHAEL JOHN SCANLON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1945 – January 18, 1967
Service recordMichael John Scanlon, of Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 January 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 50
- THOMAS LEROY NARUMCorporal · January 18, 1967
- DENNIS RAY ONEALPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PROVENZANOSpecialist Four · January 18, 1967
From Norwalk
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · June 10, 1967
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES W BACHMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
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.