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MICHAEL JOSEPH PURCELL
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 15, 1941 – April 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Purcell, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 35
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- December 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Shavertown, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 35
- STUART MURRAY MCLELLANLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- MORTIMER LELANE OCONNORLieutenant Colonel · April 1, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
From Shavertown
- LARRY MORGAN RODGERSLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- MICHAEL PRESLIPSKI JRSergeant · August 31, 1969
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.