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MICHAEL PIASCIK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1945 – July 6, 1966
Service recordMichael Piascik, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 2
- ROGER LAMAR LESLIELance Corporal · July 6, 1966
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- CHARLES ELZY MORGANMajor · July 6, 1966
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
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.