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JOHN DAVID MICHAELIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1945 – November 1, 1967
Service recordJohn David Michaelis, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 4
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1967
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL E BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 107
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 1
- KEITH VINCENT HUFFSTUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 3
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 4
- JOHN HAROLD WELCHCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 7
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.