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MICHAEL JOSEPH WHITAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1951 – June 25, 1971
Service recordMichael Joseph Whitaker, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 89
- WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHYPrivate · June 25, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL ROY WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1971
- SEBASTIAN EDWARD DELUCAMaster Sergeant · June 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 88
- WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHYPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 89
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.