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MICHAEL STEVEN CORREA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1941 – April 23, 1970
Service recordMichael Steven Correa, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 40
- CHARLES COOKCorporal · April 23, 1970
- DENNIS KEITH EADSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 23, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR GOMEZCaptain · April 23, 1970
- HARRY CHARLES GREERCorporal · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS IIISergeant · Panel 11W, Line 42
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 43
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.