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FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – August 6, 1967
Service recordFrancis Michael Michinok, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 83
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 83
- LOWELL C HANSENStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD KEMMERERMajor · August 6, 1967
- BOBBY RAY MEFFORDLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- DARYL L MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1967
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
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.