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RUDOLF MICKA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 11, 1950 – February 20, 1972
Service recordRudolf Micka, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1972, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1972; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 108
- PAUL DENIS KREGERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1972
- BRUCE PHILLIP ROWELieutenant · February 18, 1972
- JAMES MADISON HAMRICK JRCaptain · February 20, 1972
- THOMAS EMINGS SMITHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1972
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.