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JOHN JAY MICHELS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 6, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Jay Michels, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 15
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Sewickley, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 15
- JIMMY LEE GOLDENPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- GEORGE W HAMILTON JRSergeant · July 11, 1968
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL LONGPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
From Sewickley
- LYNN ARTHUR HOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 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.