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MICHAEL PATRICK HALPIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Patrick Halpin, of Nutley, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Nutley, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 77
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- BYRON STEVEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 74
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 75
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 77
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 78
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Nutley
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- RICHARD STANLEY BATESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1969
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.