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WILLIAM LEIGH MICHEL
Captain · U.S. Army
June 8, 1942 – October 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leigh Michel, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 42
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 42
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- DONALD MICHAEL COOKCorporal · October 27, 1968
- JOHN LAVERNE CRANEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY DELLINGERSergeant · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NOVAKCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 46
- RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 46
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 46
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.