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MICHAEL THOMAS DEFIBAUGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1945 – September 8, 1966
Service recordMichael Thomas Defibaugh, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 76
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.