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MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTH
Captain · U.S. Army
January 27, 1942 – June 21, 1966
Service recordMichael Joseph Soth, of Ontario, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 73
- MANUEL ANTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD SULLIVAN IIIMajor · June 21, 1966
- FREDRICK HAZER VESTERSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- CHARLES KEITH WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
From Ontario
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 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.