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MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordMichael Peter Pavlocak JR, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 7
- KIM RANDLE PARLIAMENTCorporal · April 15, 1968
- PATRICK CHASIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANTHONY RHODEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD NORMAN RIVARDSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
From Edison
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 1969
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.