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MICHAEL ALLEN MAHOWALD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – June 16, 1969
Service recordMichael Allen Mahowald, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 58
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
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 58
- JOSEPH GUILMETTE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- JOSEPH JUSTIN HELTSLEYSergeant · June 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN RUSHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK DENNIS CLOTFELTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 22W, Line 57
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.