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JAMES MICHALSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1948 – June 4, 1969
Service recordJames Michalski, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 66
- DENNIE MCMEANSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY MILLERFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
- DANIEL SCOTT MULLERPetty Officer Third Class · June 4, 1969
- MICHAEL MAURICE OCONNORFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES KOEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 62
- DANIEL SCOTT MULLERPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 23W, Line 66
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
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.