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MICHAEL NEIL HUBERT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1942 – February 24, 1969
Service recordMichael Neil Hubert, of Emporia, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Emporia, Kansas (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 36
- JAMES KENNETH HALLCaptain · February 24, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN HALLCorporal · February 24, 1969
- EUGENE SCOTT HANCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · February 24, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR CARL JAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 37
From Emporia
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- JOHN L PONTINGSergeant First Class · November 22, 1967
- LEWIS R G DORSEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- STEVEN VINCENT ASTCorporal · March 2, 1971
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.