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MICHAEL PETER DZIENGEL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 4, 1948 – October 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Peter Dziengel, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 73
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
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 94 ENG DET 92 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Sauk Centre, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 73
- JOHN KENNETH KRUEGERLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- WILLIE FRED CATOSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 1969
- THOMAS ALBERT FRITZER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1969
From Sauk Centre
- GARY LEE PREKKERCorporal · March 24, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK MARTHALERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MENSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 22, 1971
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.