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RONALD ALBERT MICHAUD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1941 – June 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Albert Michaud, of Niagara, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Niagara, Wisconsin (Marinette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 26
- BENJAMIN M BROTHERS IIISpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- GARY THURSTON PORTERCaptain · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUGH BROUMLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 23
- GEORGE BLUE LEEMajor · Panel 22E, Line 25
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.