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MICHAEL THOMAS IVORY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordMichael Thomas Ivory, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 26
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 26
- PHILLIP LEE INMANPrivate · September 11, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOLAS KLOOSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.