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MICHAEL LEE CONKLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – June 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Lee Conklin, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 88
- JAMES WALTER CRIDERMaster Sergeant · June 24, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- ALBARO QUEZADA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- JAMES BEN HICKSSergeant · June 24, 1970
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.