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MICHAEL PAUL AUSTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – February 2, 1971
Service recordMichael Paul Austin, of Belchertown, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 73
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Belchertown, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 73
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 1971
- KEITH ARTHUR STODDARDPrivate · February 1, 1971
- DARRELL WAYNE COWANSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
- ROBERT ELWOOD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL WAYNE COWANSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 73
From Belchertown
- ROGER CONRAD GAUGHANCorporal · May 1, 1967
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.