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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Edward Styer.

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MICHAEL EDWARD STYER

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force

November 18, 1929 – January 13, 1970

Service record

Michael Edward Styer, of Wolf Point, Montana, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 14W · Line 68

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
Service
Regular
Born
November 18, 1929
Home of record
Wolf Point, Montana (Roosevelt County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 13, 1970
Age
40
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.