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MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1950 – September 20, 1970
Service recordMichael Thomas Linville, of Madison Heights, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Madison Heights, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 78
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1970
- CARL RICHARD MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- JOE HERMAN MONTOYAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 75
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- DALE ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 79
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 80
From Madison Heights
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE DAVID KUTCHEYCorporal · November 25, 1968
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- GLENN FREDERICK AUSTINCorporal · March 7, 1970
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · September 17, 1970
- TOMMY JOE BECKERPrivate First Class · April 18, 1972
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.