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MICHAEL RONALD MICHELS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1945 – January 26, 1969
Service recordMichael Ronald Michels, of Emery, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 86
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Emery, South Dakota (Hanson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 86
- RICHARD MARC LUBINHospitalman · January 26, 1969
- GARY WAYNE MAYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN MEYERFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 83
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 84
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 86
- WILLIAM DONALD MURRAY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 87
- DAVID CLYDE RUSHSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 88
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 89
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.