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MICHAEL LAUTZENHEISER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 15, 1951 – October 26, 1971
Service recordMichael Lautzenheiser, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1971, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 51
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 51
- RUFUS PERRY FALKNER JRStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1971
- SANFORD IRA FINGERStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1971
- THOMAS FREDERICK GREENPrivate First Class · October 26, 1971
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICKEY EUGENE EVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 50
- RUFUS PERRY FALKNER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- SANFORD IRA FINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- THOMAS FREDERICK GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 51
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- LEONARD GIDEON MAQUILINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 52
- ROBERT ALLEN NICKOLSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 52
- JAMES CRAWFORD SKINNERFirst Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 52
- ALBERT RAYMOND TRUDEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 52
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.