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MICHAEL SEAN MASSEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordMichael Sean Massey, of Imperial Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Imperial Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 74
- MICHAEL WALTER DOYLECorporal · March 8, 1969
- JOHN PHILLIP EMRATHCaptain · March 8, 1969
- LARRY EDGAR EVANSCorporal · March 8, 1969
- PETER LAWRENCE GORVADLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
From Imperial Beach
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 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.