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CARL STEPHEN MIKULA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordCarl Stephen Mikula, of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- North Braddock, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 24
- DONALD FRANCIS HORNSeaman · September 2, 1969
- DENNY LAYTON JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT KILPATRICKCaptain · September 2, 1969
- ERNEST KISHCorporal · September 2, 1969
From North Braddock
- RAYMOND CLARENCE GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 10, 1965
- RUDOLPH JOHN BIELEK JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL KACHMANSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
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.