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ADELBERT F MIHALEK IV
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1945 – October 30, 1966
Service recordAdelbert F Mihalek IV, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 130
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- DAVID ARNOLD HAAKENSENWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- DWIGHT WILLIE LAWSLance Corporal · October 30, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
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.