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MICHAEL WAYNE MELVIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordMichael Wayne Melvin, of Ventura, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 12
- HARRY E MITCHELLSenior Chief Petty Officer · May 5, 1968
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- BENNIE FRANK MONFORTStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE H KIRKLANDCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 10
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 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.