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MICHAEL VILLARREAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – November 16, 1968
Service recordMichael Villarreal, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 76
- LARRY CALUISTUS LARAPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY SITO SRSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES WIECHERTMajor · November 16, 1968
- STANLEY FRANK WILTONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 75
- RICHARD ANTHONY SITO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 76
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
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.