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MICHAEL JOSEPH MACARELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – November 13, 1966
Service recordMichael Joseph Macarell, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 66
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1966
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · November 13, 1966
- CARL LEONARD FALCK JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH PIANTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 68
From Hasbrouck Heights
- THOMAS JAMES HOLDENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 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.