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MICHAEL LEWIS LITSEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordMichael Lewis Litsey, of Muldraugh, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Muldraugh, Kentucky (Meade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 41
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- LEE EDWARD MONTAGSpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · September 5, 1969
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
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.