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MICHAEL LYNN SCISNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1946 – April 13, 1967
Service recordMichael Lynn Scisney, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 24
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 24
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- ROY EARL SHULTS JRSenior Master Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN TAYLORLance Corporal · April 13, 1967
- THOMAS RAY WALKERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.