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MICHAEL ORSON LUND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1949 – January 5, 1970
Service recordMichael Orson Lund, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 129
- PATRICK HOP SUNG HUSergeant · January 5, 1970
- MAX DUANE KERSEYSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
- LARRY NESBIT LAMBPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE LEWTERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.