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MICHAEL CHEROFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordMichael Cheroff, of Downey, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 56
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JEFFERSON CLIFFORD CHESNUTTCaptain · May 8, 1967
- DAVID LUHVER CLEVELANDCorporal · May 8, 1967
- LEON LAWRENCE CORNWELL JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MAYS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 63
- ROBERT DEE SELLS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 66
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- PABLO DURANPrivate First Class · March 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.