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MICHAEL KANE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1949 – January 18, 1968
Service recordMichael Kane, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 70
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DWIGHT ORDWAYSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- RONALD L ROEHRICHLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN SOLARISergeant · January 18, 1968
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 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.