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MICHAEL ALEXANDER NEDERLK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – December 14, 1967
Service recordMichael Alexander Nederlk, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 93
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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
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 93
- RONNY KAY KINDREDSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID NISSENBAUMPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 89
- JERALD FREDERICK DELOOZEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- PHIL JACKSON DICKENSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- RICHARD DARRELL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 94
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 94
- ELIJAH WATERSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- DONALD CLYDE WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- JAY L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 96
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.