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MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1948 – January 3, 1968
Service recordMilan Chauncey Wydra, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 33
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Sault Ste Marie, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 33
- PAUL RAYMOND STRIEPEPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- JOHN WALTER THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DONALD FRANKLIN WEBBSergeant · January 3, 1968
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · January 3, 1968
From Sault Ste Marie
- HARRISON BRUCE BALLSergeant · September 18, 1967
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKISpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- RONALD REE SOMESSpecialist Four · May 3, 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.