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MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – May 4, 1969
Service recordMichael Eugene Lemaster, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 110
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 110
- GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELLSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- RAYMOND HERBERT BRODIE JRCorporal · May 4, 1969
- RUSSELL WADE EADSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 110
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 112
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 2
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 3
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.