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LESTER GEORGE MICHELS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1929 – March 21, 1966
Service recordLester George Michels, of New Milford, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 18, 1929
- Home of record
- New Milford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 33
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- RAYMOND ELTON LEIGHTONSergeant · March 21, 1966
- STEPHAN JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT MITCHELLSergeant · March 21, 1966
From New Milford
- THOMAS E GRIXSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- JAMES BERNARD WOODS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.