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MICHAEL VIEHWEG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – November 1, 1967
Service recordMichael Viehweg, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 7
- ARTHUR ISIAH THOMASCorporal · November 1, 1967
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY WEATHERBYCorporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN HAROLD WELCHCorporal · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LYNN BARTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 107
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 1
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 2
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 4
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 4
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 5
- KENNETH EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 6
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 7
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.