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MICHAEL WALTER NORTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – August 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Walter North, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 104
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 104
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · August 6, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN TALBOTTCorporal · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE FELTYSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 101
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.