The Wall › Panel 6E › Illinois › Michael Julian Delgado JR
MICHAEL JULIAN DELGADO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1933 – March 22, 1966
Service recordMichael Julian Delgado JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 37
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 37
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- JOHNNIE M CURLEESpecialist Four · March 22, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.