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MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – April 10, 1969
Service recordMichael Wayne Lizarraga, of Richmond, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · April 10, 1969
- DANIEL SCOTT KEITHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RONALD STEPHEN ROSSINISecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 48
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES HUCKABASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 52
- EUGENE CONSTANTINO ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 53
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 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.