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MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 26, 1943 – September 17, 1966
Service recordMichael Edward Surwald, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 17, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 111
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 111
- ATLAS JASPER MORENE SMAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- ARTHUR WATSON JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DEAN MCCANNCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 108
- ROBERT EDWARD ROCKYCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 110
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.