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ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordEllas Louis Mihalakis, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 7
- KENNETH EUGENE MATTSONStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND MILLEDGESpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MILLERMajor · July 9, 1968
- DALE EUGENE NORTHPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 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.