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JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1941 – October 31, 1965
Service recordJohn Steven Michalski, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 9
- DONALD DEAN HASKINSPetty Officer Second Class · October 31, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT HEMPEL JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1965
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 1966
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.