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MICHAEL JOSEPH SINCAVAGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1949 – February 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Sincavage, of Taylorville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Taylorville, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS DOUGLASSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- ROLAND LORENZO HARRISSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- LEWIS CARLTON JONES JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
From Taylorville
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH ARNOLD HILLLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 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.