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MICHAEL J VERHAEGHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – April 9, 1969
Service recordMichael J Verhaeghe, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 46
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 46
- DAN STEVEN LONGPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- WILLIAM LUTHER OVERSTREETPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- DANNY LEON PATRICKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- ROBERT ANDREW PORTEPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 44
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
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.