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MICHAEL LEE MCMASTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1947 – June 27, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee McMaster, of Mountain Home, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Mountain Home, Idaho (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 26
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEILERLance Corporal · June 27, 1969
- STEVE OTTO STRASSHOFERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES THEMMENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL ALONZO WELLSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
From Mountain Home
- ROBERT GENE YAGUESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JIM CARL MCNAMARHospitalman · April 17, 1968
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.