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MICHAEL EDWARD SIDOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordMichael Edward Sidor, of Wixom, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 21
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Wixom, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 21
- RANDALL FRANK SCHWARTZSergeant · February 23, 1969
- LARRY RAY SHORTSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- DARRYL WAYNE SHUSTERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- SCOTT MEYER SIBSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 93
- HERBERT RAYMOND GRANTSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE GWALTNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 2
- ANDREW MARION MATTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 10
- THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 18
From Wixom
- GARY RUSSELL LABOHNSergeant First Class · September 23, 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.