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RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – May 16, 1968
Service recordRichard John Myskyweiz, of Forest Hills, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Forest Hills, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 14
- ORMOND MITCHELL MILLERPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN MORRISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- RICHARD KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE MOSSSergeant · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 9
- FREDERICK LEO ROHANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 17
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
From Forest Hills
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- STEPHEN LEBITZ JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- ALAN STUART GELBStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- LUIS FORERO SAAVEDRAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT P MAYERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER EGANCaptain · December 19, 1972
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.