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MICHAEL SARGENT BIXEL
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 23, 1947 – October 24, 1972
Service recordMichael Sargent Bixel, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 24, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 115 USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 83
- AUBREY ELDON NOBLESSergeant First Class · October 17, 1972
- CLAYTON MITCH BLANKENSHIPPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1972
- DANIEL PARKS CHERRYAirman · October 24, 1972
- ROBERT ALLEN YANKOSKIAirman Apprentice · October 24, 1972
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
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.