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MICHAEL AARON KIGHT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordMichael Aaron Kight, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 45
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 45
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- LEO JOHN KELLY IIISecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- ROY ABNER KNIGHT JRColonel · May 19, 1967
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.