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MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1950 – April 16, 1971
Service recordMichael Lynn Wemhoff, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 129
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 129
- CHARLES DENNIS MCGINNESPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
- JAMES BRUCE MCLAUGHLINSergeant · April 16, 1971
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
- ULMER JOE WATSONSergeant · April 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 130
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 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.