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WILLY ROBERT MICHALIK
Private · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordWilly Robert Michalik, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 13
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY MAJERSergeant · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.