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MICHAEL DEAN HALFORD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1938 – June 5, 1967
Service recordMichael Dean Halford, of Breckenridge, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Breckenridge, Texas (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 58
- DONALD LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- DI REYES IBANEZGunnery Sergeant · June 5, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM KANEStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL ASTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 57
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · Panel 21E, Line 57
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 58
- STEPHEN W SOKALSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 59
From Breckenridge
- PERCY WRAY HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · June 18, 1963
- DAVID LEE RICKELSPrivate First Class · February 3, 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.