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PATRICK JOSEPH MICHAEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1945 – February 23, 1967
Service recordPatrick Joseph Michael, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 81
- EARLEY JOSEPH MESSERCorporal · February 23, 1967
- LANDON CLAIR RAYStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- FRANK RICHARD SILLSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- RANDALL EDWARD WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.