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MICHAEL JOHN KUSTIGIAN
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
March 9, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMichael John Kustigian, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on May 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS LONG BEACH CGN 9
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 5, 1968
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS LONG BEACH CGN 9”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 11
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW MARTINEZSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY E MITCHELLSenior Chief Petty Officer · Panel 56E, Line 12
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.