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MICHAEL LEE HOSEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – October 31, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Hosea, of Beeville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Beeville, Texas (Bee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 9
- ROBERT LAWRENCE LYNCHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- LARRY JOE MCGRAWSpecialist Four · October 31, 1969
- PAUL EDMUND REAUMECaptain · October 31, 1969
- RONALD ALAN ROSSCaptain · October 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ALAN ROSSCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 9
- THOMAS J SMALLWOOD JRSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 10
From Beeville
- DON CARTHAL THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- THOMAS HENRY SWINNEASergeant · January 30, 1968
- TOMAS GONZALESLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- JOHN HOUSTON BAKERCorporal · June 28, 1968
- AUBREY GRADY MARTINLieutenant · July 19, 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.