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MICHAEL ALLEN NIEZGODA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – September 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Allen Niezgoda, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 6
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- JERRY MCCONNELLPrivate · September 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- LOUIS ANDREW NIEMEYER JRSergeant · September 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH SMOCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 3
- LOUIS ANDREW NIEMEYER JRSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 6
- JAMES E PENNINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 7
- JOSEPH KENT SEARLESpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 7
- PAUL JOHN SILBERBERGERMajor · Panel 42W, Line 7
- SAMUEL FREDERICK ANKNEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 8
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.