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JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Mitchell Michalski, of Hazel Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Hazel Park, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 24
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST PASCHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 18
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 23
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Hazel Park
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · January 31, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 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.