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MICHAEL PETER UMEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1949 – April 10, 1968
Service recordMichael Peter Umel, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 16
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- YLDEFONSO SOLA-MALDONADOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH SOWINSKICorporal · April 10, 1968
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
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.