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MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – February 22, 1966
Service recordMichael Joseph Nemchick, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 61
- ROBERT LEWIS MACKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR LEE NETTLES JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- ROBERT LEWIS MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- CHARLES A SOUTHARD IIISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
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.