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MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIRE
Airman · U.S. Navy
January 9, 1945 – February 16, 1966
Service recordMichael Kelly McGuire, of Buffalo, New York, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 78
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- LESTER JEFFERSON THORNELLSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- FELIBERTO VILLAPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- HENRY MITCHELL VINSONSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROBERT RAYMOND DYCZKOWSKILieutenant Colonel · April 23, 1966
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.