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MICHAEL VICTOR AURADY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – July 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Victor Aurady, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 47
- ROBERT CHARLES WITZELCorporal · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WORLEYMajor General · July 23, 1968
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL MARTIN ERICKSONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 49
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · 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.