Lee’s
Fallen from the Vietnam War
MICHAEL CORNELIUS WHALEN
Personal
Data:
Birth
Date:
June
19, 1943
Birth
Place:
Race:
Caucasian
Religion:
Roman
Catholic
U.S.
Citizen: Yes
Father’s
Name:
Mother’s
Name:
Sibling
Names:
Marital
Status:
Single
Wife’s
Name:
Offspring
Names:
Education:
Schools
Attended:
High
School Diploma:
Selective
Service Data:
SSS
Local Board Number:
SSS
Local Board Location:
SSS
Registration Date:
SSS
Registrant Description:
Military
Service Record:
Entry
Date:
Entry
Mode:
Entry
Location:
Home
of Record:
Lee, Massachusetts
Service
Branch:
Army
Service
Component:
Selective
Service
Rank:
Specialist
Four
Rank
Abbrev:
SP4
Pay
Grade:
E4
MOS:
11B20
MOS
Title:
MOS
Background:
Awards
Received: click
here for Distinguished
Service Cross citation; research pending on other awards
Badges
Earned:
Posthumous
Promotion:
Length
of Service:
Southeast
Asia Tour Data:
Date
Tour Commenced: May
27, 1968
Major
Command:
11th
Light Infantry Brigade
Land
Assignment:
Regiment:
3rd
Infantry
Battalion:
4th
Battalion
Company:
B Company
Casualty
Data:
Casualty
Date:
February
28, 1969
Casualty
Time:
Casualty
Age:
Casualty
Data 1: Hostile,
Died
Casualty
Data 2: Gun,
Small Arms Fire
Casualty
Data 3:
Ground
Casualty
Casualty
Province:
Quang
Ngai
Casualty
Country:
South
Vietnam
Located
In Or Near:
Body
Recovered:
Yes
Burial/Memorial:
Burial
Location:
Burial
Plot Location:
Burial
Date:
Consigned
Funeral Home:
Military
Escort Name:
Lee’s Fallen Casualty Order:
2nd
Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Panel Number:
31W
