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EARL R MICHLES
Captain · U.S. Army
September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1968
Service recordEarl R Michles, of Pocahontas, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 11
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Pocahontas, Arkansas (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 11
- PAUL NELSON LOYALance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- GARY ANDREW MILTONSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK AKELEY BARKER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 57W, Line 6
- MICHAEL LEON PHILLIPSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57W, Line 12
From Pocahontas
- LONNIE JOE CRISMONHospitalman · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES HUBERT PEARCE JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMIDTLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1970
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.