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MICHAEL GEORGE SAKELLARIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – June 1, 1968
Service recordMichael George Sakellaris, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 6
- STEVEN GEORGE RAMSEYFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- NILE DEAN SHUMATESergeant · June 1, 1968
- MARTINIS GENE TIPTONPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DEAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 21
- THOMAS GILBERT HUGHESSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 2
- BRUCE E JOHNSTON IIICorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 7
- LOREN DOUGLAS WHITECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 8
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.