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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Toney Francis Mycka JR.

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TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JR

Corporal · U.S. Army

November 25, 1949 – June 20, 1969

Service record

Toney Francis Mycka JR, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 99

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
November 25, 1949
Home of record
Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 20, 1969
Age
19
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 99

Same unit, same day

From Sioux City

All 28 names from Sioux City →

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.