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MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1945 – October 31, 1966
Service recordMichael Walter Kolemainen, of Orange, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 1
- DAVID GREGORYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- WALTER JOSEPH JANKOWSKICorporal · October 31, 1966
- PHILLIP DALE JOSLENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM JUNTILLACommander · October 31, 1966
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.