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MICHAEL PATRICK DAMON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 23, 1950 – February 17, 1971
Service recordMichael Patrick Damon, of Sunnymead, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 113
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Sunnymead, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1971; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 113
- TIMOTHY VAUGHN HARPERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1971
- JOHN DAVID HODGESpecialist Four · February 17, 1971
- RICHARD ERWIN STUDIERPrivate · February 17, 1971
- HOWARD K WILLHITE JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DEAN BUCKLESCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 112
- RICHARD ERWIN STUDIERPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 113
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.