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MIKAL JAMES SULLIVAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1949 – June 6, 1968
Service recordMikal James Sullivan, of West De Pere, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 16
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- West De Pere, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 16
- JONATHAN LYNN STOOPSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- HARRY THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- FRANCIS VINCENT TODARELLOCorporal · June 6, 1968
From West De Pere
- HEUVEL DAVID F VANDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · August 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.