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MICHAEL HOWARD BIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordMichael Howard Bia, of Window Rock, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Window Rock, Arizona (Apache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 25
- ALLEN JAMES BAKERStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- SAMUEL BOYD JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN KENNETH BRAZIERStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY BARTOW BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL BOYD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 25
- ERNEST GREGORY WINSTONSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 15
From Window Rock
- ALVIN CHESTERLance Corporal · July 5, 1965
- ALVIN ADIKAI JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
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.