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JOHN MITTCHEL BRONKEMA
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
May 14, 1938 – March 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Mittchel Bronkema, of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 9, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Disbursing Clerk (DK)
- Born
- May 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Shell Lake, Wisconsin (Washburn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 43
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- PRENTICE FAY BRENTONStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
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.