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MICHAEL LABIANCA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1950 – May 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Labianca, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 30
- EDWARD MATTHEW KLANIECKISpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MARKUNASSergeant · May 9, 1969
- ALVIN MERRICKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALTON REASONS JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.