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MICHAEL RAY ROMMEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – February 27, 1969
Service recordMichael Ray Rommel, of Clarksville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 85
- MELVIN LOUIS SELLERSSeaman · February 27, 1969
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- CRAIG EVERETT SWAGLERSeaman Apprentice · February 27, 1969
- WILLIE LEWIS WALLACESergeant · February 27, 1969
From Clarksville
- WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1965
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · June 28, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELCorporal · July 27, 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.