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MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – February 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Oliver Cassidy, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 47
- BRIAN LEE THORNTONLance Corporal · February 2, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY BYELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- OTIS JAMES DARDENSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- ALVIN JOSEPH DERRICKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLEN LAWRENCE ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 46
- ISIAH BARNES JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 46
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 51
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
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.