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BRADLEY EUGENE SUCHKA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordBradley Eugene Suchka, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 89
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- DAVID WALTER STERLINGFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- DENNIS ELMER ULSTADSergeant · January 26, 1969
- STANLEY FRANK URBASSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.