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MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTI
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1933 – November 24, 1969
Service recordMichael Dimitri Balamoti, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 24, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- June 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 24, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 114
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- BARRY JOSEPH BEDARDSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- EARL CARLYLE BROWNCaptain · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REXFORD JOHN DEWISPELAEREChief Master Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 116
- DONALD LEE WRIGHTSenior Master Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 120
From Glens Falls
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WARREN VANTASSELLCorporal · July 5, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 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.