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MICHAEL JAMES PETRASHUNE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – December 11, 1970
Service recordMichael James Petrashune, of Lyon Mountain, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Lyon Mountain, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 115
- OTIS ELIZA ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1970
- ALVARO BARBOSAPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.