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MICHAEL VASQUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1945 – December 28, 1966
Service recordMichael Vasquez, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 94
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)
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 94
- JAMES LARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD STOUTMaster Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.