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MICHAEL PAGALING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1949 – January 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Pagaling, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 21
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 21
- WILLIAM JOHN HAYESPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- MURPHY PLEASANT JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR SCARBOROUGHCorporal · January 2, 1969
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.