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MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1951 – November 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Patrick McQueer, of Traverse City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 59
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Traverse City, Michigan (Grand Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 59
- EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM MEADOWSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUBEN JOSE CARBAJALSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 56
From Traverse City
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MELVIN UDELSON WANGESHIKSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS MEREDITH MCNABBSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 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.