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MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1951 – May 8, 1970
Service recordMichael Lee McPherson, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 2
- PETER FRANCIS NOLANSpecialist Five · May 8, 1970
- ROCKY PEARSON OHAMSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- MERLIN GEORGE ORRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1970
- ELIAS BENSON PEALER JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 129
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 130
- JOHN DAVID LONSDALEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 132
- PHILLIP JOE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 3
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 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.