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MICHAEL ROBERT NAWROSKY
Captain · U.S. Army
June 18, 1941 – July 6, 1968
Service recordMichael Robert Nawrosky, of Dumont, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Dumont, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 29
- DONALD WARREN MORRISCorporal · July 6, 1968
- ARTHUR BRENT MULLINSLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- BRANDT STEELE NEUBACHERSergeant · July 6, 1968
- ALLEN PASCOMajor · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE TRISLERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 31
- CHARLES EDWIN WIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 31
From Dumont
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- RICHARD RAPHAEL MELADYPetty Officer First Class · January 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PFEUFERSpecialist Four · November 19, 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.