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MICHAEL L THIBODEAUX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1951 – July 19, 1970
Service recordMichael L Thibodeaux, of Crowley, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Crowley, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 32
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MARTINEZSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- JUAN MANUEL REYNASpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- JOHNNY MICHAEL RODGERSCorporal · July 19, 1970
- JOSEPH ANDREW SEAMANSergeant · July 19, 1970
From Crowley
- JOSEPH WAYNE HARRISONPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- WILLIAM C QUEBODEAUX JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS AUSTINCorporal · February 18, 1968
- HORACE JOSEPH LEJEUNE JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.