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MICHAEL VINCENT SORTER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 26, 1945 – June 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Vincent Sorter, of Ft Polk, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 1
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Polk, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 1
- MICHAEL EUGENE PROTHEROPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ANDREW GUS RICHARDPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- GEOFFREY THOMAS ROWSONLance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- ERNEST SEICHI SAKAISergeant First Class · June 19, 1968
From Ft Polk
- KIM SOVEREEN BIRDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- RUSSELL DAVID BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- JOHN EARL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
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.