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MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – February 27, 1968
Service recordMichael Steven Kravchak, of Roselle, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Roselle, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 50
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- RAYMOND O KENNEDYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SOARES ANDRADEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 50
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 51
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 51
- RICHARD EUGENE GRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
- RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 54
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 57
From Roselle
- SYLVESTER LANDSergeant · March 16, 1967
- HERMAN LUDWIG KNAPPColonel · April 24, 1967
- PAUL E LATOURETTESergeant · October 20, 1967
- LESLIE JAMES FROLICHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- HAYDN EVANSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · March 20, 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.