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MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1949 – December 23, 1970
Service recordMichael Matthew Sikich, of Bloomington, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 3
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 3
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1970
- DALE EDWARD SHULTZSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- GARY WAYNE SMITHSergeant · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE EDWARD SHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 3
From Bloomington
- GARY FRANCIS MCCUELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN DAHLSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- RONNIE CARL TESCHENDORFSergeant · November 29, 1970
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.