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DAVID GEORGE MICHEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordDavid George Michel, of Harmony, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Harmony, Minnesota (Fillmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 24
- HUMBERTO C E MELENDEZSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- RICHARD LEE MILLERSpecialist Five · June 11, 1969
- IVAN HALL MUNROCaptain · June 11, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN SEKVACorporal · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MYLON RAY HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 21
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.