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MICHAEL P MOSBACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1943 – August 23, 1967
Service recordMichael P Mosbach, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 34
- FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHTCaptain · August 23, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE NESSEnsign · August 23, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS OLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 32
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.