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MICHAEL JAMES KERL
Captain · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – February 6, 1971
Service recordMichael James Kerl, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 81
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 81
- FRANK JOHN GASPERICH JRCorporal · February 6, 1971
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- CARROLL RAY MILLSCorporal · February 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN AARONCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- KENNETH WAYNE BONESTROOCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 80
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 81
- CARROLL RAY MILLSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 82
- CURTIS LELAND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 82
From Drexel Hill
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
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.