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MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – May 17, 1967
Service recordMichael L Braeutigan, of Sparks, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 13
- BENNY LEE BUTLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MARVIN EUGENE CUTRERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
From Sparks
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.