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MICHAEL WILLIAM ORASH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1947 – April 27, 1968
Service recordMichael William Orash, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 31
- LOYD EUGENE KINSWORTHYCorporal · April 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- FRED OLIVER JRCorporal · April 27, 1968
- DANIEL PERRYGunnery Sergeant · April 27, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.