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DANA J MICOLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – April 16, 1966
Service recordDana J Micola, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 117
- GALEN DEAN GRETHENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- TONY HOWARD HUGHESPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD KURDELSKILance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 116
- CLARENCE A TEASSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 119
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.