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MICHAEL LEE KROM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – July 10, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Krom, of Twain, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Twain, California (Plumas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 94
- JACK VERNON LACKEY JRLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
- ERNIE ROBLES MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- PETER FRANCIS MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 10, 1969
- DAVID DAWSON PEPPIN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER JOHN URBAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 96
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.