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MICHAEL JOHN WINTERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – April 22, 1969
Service recordMichael John Winters, of Saugerties, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Saugerties, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 29
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
- WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN AULD JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1969
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · April 23, 1969
From Saugerties
- THOMAS CLIFTON NEWKIRKPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGERStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- WAYNE CHESTER MYERSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- PAUL LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
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.