Steven Michalski

CPL Steven Michalski

Company D 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 04/05/69

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Aug 30, 1947
From: MARINETTE, WI
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 16, 1968
Casualty was on Apr 5, 1969
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

Panel 27W - Line 20

Steven Michalski was killed in action while on Operation Wayne Grey, during an assault on NVA positions
near LZ Cider in the Plei Trap Valley, at grid reference YA811797, approximately 27 kilometers north of
Plei Djereng airfield.

CPL Steven Michalski's decorations

Steven Michalski in the field, Republic of Vietnam

Steve Michalski

Photo by: Louy from the Find A Grave website

Below is a poem written by Steve Michalski while he was serving in Vietnam:

Poem courtesy of Bob Hubert, whose brother Steve was Killed In Action
alongside Steve Michalski, during the same engagement with enemy forces.

Burial:
Forest Home Cemetery
Marinette
Marinette County
Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Block 25 Lot 2 Section E 3rd row in

Grave marker for Steven Michalski

Photo by: Louy from the Find A Grave website

Pointing to Steven Michalski's name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall

In the photo can also be seen the names of:
Louis Brown
Donald L. Cline
George J. Hyatt

All are fellow members of D Company 1/22 Infantry also Killed In Action on April 5, 1969

Photo by: Louy from the Find A Grave website

For a tribute to Steven Michalski click on the following link:

Together We Served

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