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WILLIAM MICHAEL EBEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – November 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Ebel, of West Olive, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- West Olive, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 65
- DARWIN JAMES DELANOSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- CHARLES DENNISPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1968
- MONICO FLORES JRLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 63
- JOHN STEPHEN ALLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- STEPHEN CARL BEALSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 64
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 64
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 65
- MARVIN JEROME GAINESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 66
- JOHNNY GLEN GREGGSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 66
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 68
- BOBBY JAMES PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PIETRO PICONISpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 68
- CURTIS HALL RAINERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 69
From West Olive
- DENNIS DALE NAGELKIRKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- RONALD JAMES FUITEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1970
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.