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MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1944 – February 28, 1966
Service recordMichael Dennis Pliska, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 90
- JAMES GEORGE PATZWALLSecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- ARTHUR CLIFFORD PEDERSONLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 85
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 86
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 87
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 88
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 89
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 91
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 92
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 92
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
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.