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MICHAEL LIPTOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1942 – October 13, 1965
Service recordMichael Liptock, of Centralia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Centralia, Pennsylvania (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 122
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- HAROLD JAY LANNINGPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JERALD LEON DOZIERSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 121
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.