More detail on this person: Mike did not
graduate from flight school, nor become a pilot.
He started with Class 66-15, but was sent back to
66-17 and subsequently washed out. He then went
to OCS, graduated, and was sent to RVN as an
infantry Lt. On 9/19/1968 Mike was KIA. He was
promoted to 1st Lt., posthumously. He was a Plt.
Leader with the 25th Inf. Div. More details can be
found on the Virtual Wall. in Hau Nghia
Province. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Mike, Greg Waltz and I started flight school
together and when Mike was held back a class,
Greg and I volunteered to hold over to 66-17.
Rucker couldn't take all of our 66-15 graduating
class from Wolters. Mike graduated from the
USAPHS at Wolters, but eventually washed out at
Rucker.
From: John LaDue