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MICHAEL LEE EWING
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordMichael Lee Ewing, of Independence, Iowa, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 24
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 24
- ROBERT HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE DEWLENSecond Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- BERNARD W DICKERSON JRCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
From Independence
- ARNOLD RALPH PALMERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- MARTIN JOHN REIDYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · November 17, 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.