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MICHAEL WARD KIRKPATRICK
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Coast Guard
January 31, 1944 – August 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Ward Kirkpatrick, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Coast Guard. He died on August 9, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 119
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. Coast Guard
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 119
- EDWARD EUGENE BECK JRGunnery Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- DONALD HENRY MCMAINS JRStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SEIBERTSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.