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MICHAEL ROBERT KERNAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – May 25, 1970
Service recordMichael Robert Kernan, of Pearl River, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Pearl River, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 97
- RAMON FLORES JRCorporal · May 25, 1970
- DANNY LEON GOSSCorporal · May 25, 1970
- DALE EUGENE HUTCHINSCorporal · May 25, 1970
- KENNETH LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BATCHELORCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 93
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- PETER NORBERT BRUYERESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 96
- RAMON FLORES JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 97
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 98
- BILLY EVERETT LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 98
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RICHARD RODRIGUESCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 99
- CURTIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 100
From Pearl River
- HEINZ AHLMEYER JRSecond Lieutenant · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
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.