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MICHAEL PATRICK WHELAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – September 8, 1968
Service recordMichael Patrick Whelan, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 7
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · September 8, 1968
- THEODORE A THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM THORPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OTTO LANGCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 4
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 4
- DAVID JUSTUS BULKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 5
- EDWARD EARL PEASergeant · Panel 44W, Line 5
- TERRY AUSTIN RUTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 6
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 7
- THEODORE A THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 7
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.