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MICHAEL TERRY LATHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordMichael Terry Latham, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOHN MARTIN JOHNSONCorporal · May 29, 1968
- OBBIE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.