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MICHAEL JOSEPH CORRIGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1946 – October 4, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Corrigan, of Burbank, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 4
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 4
- GEORGE MILTON CLAYTON JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH CZAJAK JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH DUNCANSpecialist Five · October 4, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD GISEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 5
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.