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DAVID WILLIAM MICHAEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1941 – November 23, 1965
Service recordDavid William Michael, of Oelwein, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Oelwein, Iowa (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 111
- GUNDER PETER RI GUNDERSONSergeant · November 23, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- RICHARD JENSENHospitalman · November 23, 1965
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 109
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 110
- GUNDER PETER RI GUNDERSONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 111
From Oelwein
- EUGENE AMBROSE WARDPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- NABOR RICHARD TAFOLLACorporal · February 6, 1968
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.