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O L MIDKIFF
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1925 – May 31, 1968
Service recordO L Midkiff, of Dundee, Kentucky, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 13
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1925
- Home of record
- Dundee, Kentucky (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 13
- SQUIRE N MAYBERRY JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- HARRY TRUMAN MOORELance Corporal · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 7
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 13
- GLENN NOBUYKI NISHIZAWASpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 15
- SAMUEL TONY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 16
- JOSEPH SMARSH IIPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 17
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.