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JAMES ALBERT MICHAEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – February 13, 1971
Service recordJames Albert Michael, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 101
- MICHAEL DUANE ADKINSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1971
- JOSEPH VENSON MARTINSergeant First Class · February 13, 1971
- WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCELance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- KENNETH RANDAL PRICECaptain · February 13, 1971
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
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.