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MICHAEL GEORGE ROMANCHUK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1946 – December 26, 1966
Service recordMichael George Romanchuk, of Hellertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 81
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Hellertown, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 81
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- HARLEY EDWARD SHERMANPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- LARRY A STROMPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- PLUMMER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 26, 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.