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MICHAEL JOHN DOMINKOWITZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – May 13, 1969
Service recordMichael John Dominkowitz, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 97
- KENNETH T CRUISE JRStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- JOEL RAY KELLYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 93
- DANIEL RAYMOND ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 93
- EVANS BENBOW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 93
- JAMES ROBERT DUNKLECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 98
- SALVATORE PATRICK MANINOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 112
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.