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RICHARD EDWARD MISHUK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1945 – October 19, 1966
Service recordRichard Edward Mishuk, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on October 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 19, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 90
- MICHAEL JOHN BURKEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- JOSE MANUEL CRUZPrivate First Class · October 19, 1966
- RAY LONNIE GONCEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 90
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.