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MICHAEL SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1950 – September 19, 1970
Service recordMichael Sanchez, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 74
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 74
- JOHN GLENN MELCHORLance Corporal · September 19, 1970
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · September 19, 1970
- ROY CHRISTOPHER OLGYAYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1970
- JOHN ELLIOTT TOUARTCorporal · September 19, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.