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MICHAEL JOSEPH NOVAK
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1942 – October 27, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Novak, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Grand Blanc, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 46
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- JERRY SCOTT RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNYSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEIGH MICHELCaptain · Panel 40W, Line 42
- RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 46
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 46
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.