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MICHAEL KENNETH SAWYER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – October 16, 1969
Service recordMichael Kenneth Sawyer, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 85
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 85
- ROBERT NICHOLAS DEMGENStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
- HAROLD FRANKLIN HYSMITHPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- MICHAEL KEATON PRICEPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RATTINStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE DONOVAN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 83
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.