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ROBERT ALFRED MICHEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1943 – October 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Alfred Michel, of Old Bridge, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF
- Born
- January 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Old Bridge, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 60
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN NEASHAMSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- QUINLAN ROBERTS ORELLCaptain · October 13, 1968
- SAMUEL RUDOLPH PLUMMERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
From Old Bridge
- JOSEPH J SWAYZEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- CARL FREDRICK SCHMALZ JRSergeant · May 18, 1968
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.