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MICHAEL CORY VOLHEIM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – May 29, 1969
Service recordMichael Cory Volheim, of Hayward, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 18
- JOE RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 29, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES ROSENOWCorporal · May 29, 1969
- LEE ELDEN SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 14
- CURTIS RAY DANIELSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 14
- RONALD EDWARD MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 16
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.