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MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1943 – October 17, 1965
Service recordMichael Louis Chmura, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 125
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1965; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 125
- RODERICK LEWIS MAYERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1965
- STANLEY EDWARD OLMSTEADCommander · October 17, 1965
- HARLEY BOYD PYLESColonel · October 18, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
From Meriden
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.