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MICHAEL C WITTEVRONGEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordMichael C Wittevrongel, of Shannon, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 2 BN 22 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Shannon, Illinois (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 6
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- BOBBY CLYDE WOODStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
From Shannon
- CHARLES FREDERICK CRICHTONPrivate First Class · August 15, 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.