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RUSSELL ARTHUR MICHALKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRussell Arthur Michalke, of Saline, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Saline, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 5
- JOSEPH DEAN MACKLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- GEORGE EDGAR MASSIEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- LARRY RONALD MCFADDINSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MICHAEL CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 67E, Line 7
- ROBERT ALLEN HAYDENCorporal · Panel 68E, Line 2
- GERALD THOMAS PARMETERSergeant · Panel 68E, Line 6
- PHILIP GERALD TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 69E, Line 3
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.