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MICHAEL LEE SLOAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – March 29, 1968
Service recordMichael Lee Sloan, of Big Cabin, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Big Cabin, Oklahoma (Craig County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 6
- FRANK LOUIS RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- TERRY CLEVELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
- JOHN HALL VIVIANSenior Master Sergeant · March 29, 1968
- CONNIE VERGEL WELLSSergeant · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 2
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 5
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.