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MICHAEL WALTER ORR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – January 13, 1968
Service recordMichael Walter Orr, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 44
- LEWIS JEFFERY PARKERCorporal · January 13, 1968
- DENNIS KELLY RICEHospitalman · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ANDERSON LINWOOD RUDERSONSergeant · January 13, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.