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WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAK
Airman · U.S. Navy
February 2, 1946 – February 4, 1968
Service recordWayne Allen Michalak, of Hammond, Indiana, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 4, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 25
- THOMAS WALTER LOOSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- CLYDE RONALD MENZStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- GARY BRUCE MIDKIFFSergeant · February 4, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN MONDRAGONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
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.