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DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – November 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Martin Miszewski, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 37
- THEODORE MOSTOWSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 22, 1968
- CHARLES ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- RONALD JAMES PANICCIACorporal · November 22, 1968
- ANDREW ANDY RUIZCorporal · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY BURKHART CHIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 33
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 34
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 36
- RONALD JAMES PANICCIACorporal · Panel 38W, Line 37
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 39
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.