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MICHAEL JOHN MUSZYNSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordMichael John Muszynski, of Depew, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Depew, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 4
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS WOLFECorporal · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS WOLFECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 4
- LARRY LEE YORKCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 9
From Depew
- RONALD ROBERT OZIMEKPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES PAUL COBBSergeant · February 15, 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.