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MICHAEL VANCIL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1947 – June 17, 1966
Service recordMichael Vancil, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 59
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- BARRY RONALD WALKERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE WASHBURNAirman Second Class · June 17, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.