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MICHAEL LESTER NESS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1950 – February 10, 1969
Service recordMichael Lester Ness, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 8
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PARRISHPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
From Mentor
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
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.