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ROBERT BRUCE MICHALK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1950 – January 7, 1971
Service recordRobert Bruce Michalk, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 31
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · January 7, 1971
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
- CHARLES MITCHELL PRICEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES WAHLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
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.