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MICHAEL LEWIS MCGOVERN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1949 – December 8, 1969
Service recordMichael Lewis McGovern, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 362 ENG CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 39
- CARL RICHARD DICEMajor · December 8, 1969
- DALE ALAN MACARTHURSergeant · December 8, 1969
- WILLIAM P MCCARRON JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- GARY HENTON MITCHELLPrivate · December 8, 1969
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.