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MICHAEL MARK MICUNEK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordMichael Mark Micunek, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 27
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MARISKANISHPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1968
- RONALD JOE MARKELLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FITZMAURICELance Corporal · Panel 57E, Line 20
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.