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MICHAEL LAVERNE PHEIFFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – April 17, 1968
Service recordMichael Laverne Pheiffer, of Oneida, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 33
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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
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Oneida, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 33
- ALVIN LEE POUNDSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- LARRY GENE RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK SERIOCaptain · April 17, 1968
- FREDDIE LEON SONAGGERASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLINTON BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 26
- LARRY LEE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 26
- CARLOS JUAN MEDINACorporal · Panel 50E, Line 31
- WILLIAM WAYNE MOUTONSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 31
- LOUIS STEPHAN MUCHAPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 31
- EDWARD JAMES VICKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 34
From Oneida
- JAMES RUSSELL KOVARSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
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.