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MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILL
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1949 – December 5, 1972
Service recordMichael Sidney McNeill, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 5, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 93
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 93
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
- BOBBY MARVIN JONESMajor · November 28, 1972
- RICHARD E BRUNDRETTE JRPetty Officer First Class · December 1, 1972
- ANTHONY CAMERON SHINELieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1972
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
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.