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EMERY GEORGE MIKULA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1942 – October 13, 1966
Service recordEmery George Mikula, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Civil Affairs Officer (G5, S5) (78105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 71
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- DENNIS DAY HARRISSergeant · October 13, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE JARRELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- EUGENE THOMAS MEADOWSCaptain · October 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 71
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.