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JOHN RONALD MICKNA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1938 – February 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Ronald Mickna, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 80
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- MARTIN M MUGAVINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND SANDERSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WATKINSStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 78
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WATKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 80
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.