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MICHEL KENT SUBLETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – September 25, 1968
Service recordMichel Kent Sublett, of Searcy, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 14
- CURTIS LEE BATTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · September 25, 1968
- EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- HINEY WILLISSergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK ALLEN ELLSWORTHSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 11
- HINEY WILLISSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Searcy
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPSCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- WILBUR DALE LATIMERCaptain · January 19, 1971
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1972
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.