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MICHAEL M KAUFFMAN II
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 21, 1941 – April 7, 1967
Service recordMichael M Kauffman II, of Goshen, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 116
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Goshen, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 116
- RONALD DAVID ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANK FLYNNSergeant · April 7, 1967
- ROSS ALLEN GASTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE GORRELLPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
From Goshen
- WILLIAM EUGENE DARNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- MAX IRWIN BAERLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
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.