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THEODORE N MISHEIKIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1942 – March 26, 1966
Service recordTheodore N Misheikis JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 52
- DAVID ALBERT SIEMANOWSKIPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM WILT JRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- PAUL JOHN BUCKStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.