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MICHAEL JOSEPH COURTNEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1951 – August 29, 1970
Service recordMichael Joseph Courtney, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 21
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 21
- WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOPCorporal · August 29, 1970
- DAVE SCOTT CARRUTH JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
- JAMES WILLIARD FENTONStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1970
- DONALD BRICE GREENESergeant · August 29, 1970
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.