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WILLIAM EMIL MICKELSEN JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 25, 1934 – August 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Emil Mickelsen JR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 124
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 144 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- October 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 124
- PETER FRANK KRISTOFPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH KROLIKOWSKISpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE MARMIEPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.