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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Lee Earp.

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MICHAEL LEE EARP

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 22, 1948 – June 18, 1969

Service record

Michael Lee Earp, of Grangeville, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 22W · Line 75

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 116 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
January 22, 1948
Home of record
Grangeville, Idaho (Idaho County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 18, 1969
Age
21
Province
Lam Dong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Grangeville

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.