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MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 30, 1946 – November 26, 1967
Service recordMichael John Thirkettle, of Whittier, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 95
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 95
- ROBERT DWIGHT TAYLORMaster Sergeant · November 26, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 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.