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MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – March 22, 1970
Service recordMichael James Hatfield, of Grayling, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 33
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Grayling, Michigan (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 33
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- DONALD TERRY GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
- NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD TERRY GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 33
- NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 33
From Grayling
- JAMES EVART BLAAUWSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE FAIRBOTHAMSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- JAMES ERWIN RUSSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- CARL WILHELM BORCHERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 6, 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.