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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Mervin Horner.

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MICHAEL MERVIN HORNER

Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy

November 1, 1942 – November 1, 1967

Service record

Michael Mervin Horner, of Joseph, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 29E · Line 3

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
November 1, 1942
Home of record
Joseph, Oregon (Wallowa County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 1, 1967
Age
25
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 29E, Line 3

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.