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MICHAEL YAWORSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Yaworsky, of Somerset, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 QM CO USARV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Somerset, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 83
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- THOMAS DREW BRINDLEYSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BRYANCorporal · January 20, 1968
From Somerset
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES KERIPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- VINS RONALD HOOPERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- RICKY DEAN GILCHRISTSergeant · June 23, 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.