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JAMES RICHARD MICHAEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – May 17, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Michael, of Newman, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Newman, Illinois (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 17
- CHARLES W JOHNSTON JRCorporal · May 17, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- JASPER NEWTON NEWBERRY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 13
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 14
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 16
- JASPER NEWTON NEWBERRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 17
- ANDREW JONAH SHORT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 18
- ROGER DARRIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
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.