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MICHAEL JOSEPH TROYAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 9, 1949 – July 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Troyan JR, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 122
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 122
- DAVID CARL TOBIEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · July 14, 1969
- ROY SHANNON WILLSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DONALD HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 118
- JOHN V MORASCINIStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 119
- DAVID CARL TOBIEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 122
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.