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MICHAEL EDWARD SUNIGA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1948 – December 22, 1967
Service recordMichael Edward Suniga, of Ojai, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 48
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Ojai, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 48
- EDWARD RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- LEWIS WILLIAM SIGELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN STICKELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- ANGEL VEGAPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
From Ojai
- HARVEY CHARLES ADDISONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE BUNCH JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- LARRY DONALD MULLENPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- HERMAN RAY MORRISPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTHSergeant · February 25, 1970
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.