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VICTOR GEORGE MIKA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1944 – April 17, 1968
Service recordVictor George Mika, of Fords, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 31
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Fords, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 31
- CARLOS JUAN MEDINACorporal · April 17, 1968
- JERRY MOSBYPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE MOUTONSergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUIS STEPHAN MUCHAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE ALLEN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 26
- GEORGE STEVEN ELBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THEODORE HUBBARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 29
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 34
From Fords
- PAUL WAYNE HANDERHANLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · May 28, 1970
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.