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MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – June 22, 1970
Service recordMichael Stephen Bezega, of Rahway, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 77
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Rahway, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 77
- BUFORD RONALD SPENCERSpecialist Five · June 21, 1970
- LONNIE HAROLD WEISHEITCorporal · June 21, 1970
- MARK JOEL BUSHSergeant · June 22, 1970
- GEORGE CHAMBERS-QUIROZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOEL BUSHSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 77
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 79
- JIMMIE LADON CHAMBLEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
- WILLIAM WALLACE MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
From Rahway
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 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.