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THOMAS CHARLES MICHEHL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – June 1, 1971
Service recordThomas Charles Michehl, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 61
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · June 1, 1971
- LEON JEROME JACKSONSergeant First Class · June 1, 1971
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 60
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 61
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.