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MICHAEL JOHN SHEHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1945 – July 13, 1967
Service recordMichael John Shehl, of North Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1945
- Home of record
- North Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 68
- ROGER LEE ACREEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- TERRY LEE ADAMSCorporal · July 14, 1967
- MICHAEL STANLEY BEREKPrivate · July 14, 1967
- JUAN JOSE BOTELLOPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MCGRUDERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 67
From North Canton
- ERVIN LEONARD LAIRDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- RAY EUGENE COLNSpecialist Four · October 30, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- EDWARD EUGENE BECK JRGunnery Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
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.