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MICHAEL L RUSSO III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1947 – October 16, 1968
Service recordMichael L Russo III, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 67
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 67
- DALE LEROY DAVISSergeant · October 15, 1968
- GLENN STANFORD MILLERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PASSANANTECorporal · October 16, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.