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MICHAEL JOHN HAVARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1950 – August 21, 1969
Service recordMichael John Havard, of Northlake, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 86
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Northlake, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 86
- JAMES LEWIS GORDONCorporal · August 21, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS HEINEMEIERLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- DANIEL PERRY HOLTREYSpecialist Five · August 21, 1969
From Northlake
- MATTHEW PAUL MALCZYNSKISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · February 21, 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.