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MICHAEL JOHN IHNAT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1943 – June 25, 1965
Service recordMichael John Ihnat, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Born
- April 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 18
- GERMAN PORTACIO ACOSTAPetty Officer First Class · June 25, 1965
- DOUGLAS HAROLD DORSAYMaster Sergeant · June 25, 1965
- MICHAEL EDWARD WIDENERAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
From Perth Amboy
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- ANGEL MERESI CORREALance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD PETRICKLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW BUCIORCorporal · April 5, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ZENO CZARNOTAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
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.