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JOHN THOMAS MIKRUT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1941 – April 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Mikrut, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 124
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 124
- LEONARD MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- PETER MAZZILLO JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- ANTONIO MENDOZACorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOSEPH MIECZKOWSKICorporal · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD PETER LINDSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 123
- HAROLD LAVEROL POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 126
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 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.