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MICHAEL PATRICK CURRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – June 10, 1969
Service recordMichael Patrick Curran, of New Lexington, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Lexington, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 12
- LE ROY DELANO M GARISStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1969
- RICARDO JOSE GOMEZCorporal · June 10, 1969
- JAMES RUEL GOOLSBYSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- ROGER LEE GRAHAMMajor · June 10, 1969
From New Lexington
- RONALD MARTIN BOLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · September 30, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND MCCORD JRCorporal · May 26, 1970
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · July 14, 1970
- DONALD CASPER BENNETTCorporal · March 28, 1971
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.