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MICHAEL RAYMOND MUNCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 20, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Raymond Munch, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 107
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- DAVID LOUIE MUNOZSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ROGER LUKINSCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 104
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 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.