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MICHEAL GLENN CARTWRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1941 – February 16, 1967
Service recordMicheal Glenn Cartwright, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 40
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 40
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COFFEYStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- DOUGLAS ROBERT COLBERTPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 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.