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MICHAEL WINSTON KILROY
Captain · U.S. Army
December 10, 1941 – May 19, 1966
Service recordMichael Winston Kilroy, of Packanack Lake, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Packanack Lake, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 86
- ROGER EDWARD JOZWIAKLance Corporal · May 19, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.