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MICHAEL RANDALL EARL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 26, 1944 – December 27, 1969
Service recordMichael Randall Earl, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 98
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 98
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 1969
- PERRY WOODROW JAMES HALLCorporal · December 27, 1969
- JACK EUGENE HOLMESSpecialist Five · December 27, 1969
- DONALD RAY LAMBERTPrivate · December 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · Panel 15W, Line 97
From Las Vegas
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 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.