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MICHAEL JOSEPH UNSINN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – January 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Unsinn, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 30
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Concrete And Asphalt Equipment Operator (62H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 30
- ROBERT MICHAEL STECSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- PHILLIP DONALD WATTERSFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 29
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 29
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.