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MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordMichael Theodore Dryden, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 21
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GEORGE HERMAN COPPAGE IIICorporal · May 15, 1968
- FRANCISCO DIAZPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 17
- ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO IIISpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 19
- RANDOLPH PHILLIP ESTRADACorporal · Panel 60E, Line 22
- FRED WILLIAM MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 4
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.