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MICHAEL JOSEPH MENDENHALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Mendenhall, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 73
- BOBBY RAY MCKINNONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JAMES J MORASpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL HESKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 68
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.