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MICHAEL L MANGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – June 26, 1967
Service recordMichael L Mangan, of Xenia, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Xenia, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 66
- DANNY RAY GODSEYLance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- TEDDY MYRLE HARTHospitalman · June 26, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHURCHLance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
From Xenia
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE RITCHChief Petty Officer · January 21, 1969
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 15, 1969
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.