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MICHAEL PATRICK WALSH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1948 – December 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Patrick Walsh, of Laurelton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurelton, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 47
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DONNIE LEON WORTHEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENSONSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- JACK PATRICK BLAKECaptain · December 20, 1968
From Laurelton
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCELYNNLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · June 11, 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.