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MICHAEL ALAN BIRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – October 14, 1967
Service recordMichael Alan Bird, of Selma, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 106
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Selma, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 106
- ROBERT JOSEPH ARAUJOPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD BERUBESpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
From Selma
- RONALD HENRY JUSTISPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.