Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart 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: 21-May-1950
Hometown: Norfolk, Nebraska
Marital status: Married to Jo Ellen Wemhoff
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 5-Jun-1970
Start of tour: 12-Nov-1970
Incident date: 16-Apr-1971
Date of casualty: 16-Apr-1971
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Michael Lynn Wemhoff died as a result of injuries received while he was setting up a night defensive position when a booby trap detonated. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / Setting up night defensive position (NDP), detonated hostile booby trap. Admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 16 Apr 1971 at 1550 hrs, and later expired. Incident occurred on 16 Apr 1971 at 1515 hrs.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Michael Lynn Wemhoff
SP4 Michael James Whalen
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 532 281
Place of interment: Saint Mary of the Angels Cemetery, Humphrey, Nebraska, USA
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