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MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1935 – October 6, 1962
Service recordMichael Joseph Tunney, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Prop) (7331)
- Born
- October 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1962
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 13
- MIGUEL ANGEL VALENTIN JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1962
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
From Alexandria
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.