Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 28-Dec-1948
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Stephanie A. Baker
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Jun-1969
Start of tour: 8-Dec-1969
Incident date: 25-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 25-Apr-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Michael George Bazel was killed while on a combat operation when a booby trap detonated. / On ambush patrol mission. Detonated a booby trap automatic ambush position.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Michael George Bazel
SP4 Ralph Owen Hill
1LT Robert Raymond Lewis
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 508 852
Place of interment: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, USA
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