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MICHAEL VINASSA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – May 22, 1966
Service recordMichael Vinassa, of Culver City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 104
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- DUANE A WAKLEESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- JOSEPH WILSONSergeant · May 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH CANALESPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
- ROBERT H CRUM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 100
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 101
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEVOEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 101
- GERALD DONALD HOOVERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 102
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 102
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 103
- GERALD ERNEST METCALFPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 104
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
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.