Michael George Romanchuk

Lance Corporal
A CO, 1ST ANTITANK BN, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
18 October 1946 - 26 December 1966
Hellertown, Pennsylvania
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1ST MARDIV

1ST ANTITANK BN
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Michael George Romanchuk

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."
ONTOS

"A-34" was an M-50 ONTOS, a tracked antitank vehicle which mounted six 106mm recoilless rifles and a heavy machine gun.



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a fellow Marine,
Steve Unzueta
sunzueta@luhsd.k12.ca.us
1 Feb 2003



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