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MICHAEL DAVID NOEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – September 11, 1970
Service recordMichael David Noel, of Lucasville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Lucasville, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 56
- JAMES LEONARD KNOBLESFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- ALBERT MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1970
- BARNEY KING NEAL JRLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1970
- DOUGLAS ALAN NIEBOERSeaman · September 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARL ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 54
- GARY BRUCE GLASSFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 55
- LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 55
- JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 55
From Lucasville
- GARY LEE SARGENTSergeant · August 13, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN NEWMANSpecialist Six · May 24, 1972
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.