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MICHAEL GEORGE BAZEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – April 25, 1970
Service recordMichael George Bazel, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 48
- NORMAN DALE ADKINSPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
- JAMES HARRISON BROOKS JRSergeant First Class · April 25, 1970
- RONALD GREER CLINEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH OWEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 50
- ROBERT RAYMOND LEWISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 50
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.