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MICHAEL WILLIAM RECTOR
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordMichael William Rector, of Henryville, Indiana, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Henryville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 11
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE PRIEST JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PULLENPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- DAVID BRENNAN SCHACHNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
From Henryville
- LARRY LEE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL BAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- JAMES EARL LAKINSSergeant · January 17, 1970
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.