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JOHN MICHAEL SROKA JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Sroka JR, of Clark Mills, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 32
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
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Clark Mills, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 32
- JAMES NATHANIEL GAYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
- ANSELMO SANTIAGO-ARROYOPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · July 21, 1969
From Clark Mills
- HAROLD EDWARD CUSHMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.