Michael George Romanchuk
Lance Corporal
1ST PLT, A CO, 1ST ANTITANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Hellertown, Pennsylvania
October 18, 1946 to December 26, 1966
(Incident Date December 22, 1966)
MICHAEL G ROMANCHUK is on the Wall at Panel 13E, Line 81

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Combat Action Ribbon
 

 
01 Feb 2003

Lest we forget.

From a fellow Marine,
Steve Unzueta
USMC Viet Vet
Soldier of Jesus Christ
sunzueta@luhsd.k12.ca.us

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 1st AntiTank Battalion Command Chronology contains the following entry for 22 December 1966:
"22 December: A-34 hit an unknown type land mine at BT 011568 resulting in 1 KIA, 4 WIA. Vehicle sustained total damage. KIA: TARASUK, V LCpl 2200661. WIAs: PANDAVELA, J. S. SSgt 1660221; BEDFORD, C. E. PFC 2276889; PALMER, G. J. LCpl 2201719; ROMANCHUK, M. LCpl 2121234 DoW on 26Dec66."
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"A-34" was an M-50 ONTOS, a tracked antitank vehicle which mounted six 106mm recoilless rifles and a heavy machine gun.


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