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DOUGLAS M. SOROKA
Home Of Record:
BLACKWOOD
County:
Camden
Status:
Killed In Action
Rank:
LCPL
Branch Of Service:
Marines
Country Of Incident:
SVN
Date of Casualty:
January 28, 1968
Date of Birth:
April 04, 1948
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DOUGLAS MARTIN SOROKA
LCPL - E3 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Mar 6, 1967
Casualty was on Jan 28, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Panel 35E - Line 57
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Douglas M. Soroka was born on
August 4, 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Demetrio Soroko. In 1962, the family moved
from Philadelphia, PA, to Blackwood, NJ. His home of record is Blackwood. He
had two younger siblings, Ronald and Barbara. Douglas graduated from Triton
High School in Runnemede, NJ, in 1966.
He served in the US Marine Corps and attained the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL).
Soroka was killed in action on January 28, 1968.
Sources: Various websites and NJVVMF.
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Marine Viet Nam Veteran
Article appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 31, 1968. -Two
Marines Killed In Action In Viet War- Two area Marines who enlisted
immediately after graduation from high school have been killed in action in
Vietnam. Marine Lance Cpl. Douglas M. Soroka, 19, of 14 Barbara Lane,
Blackwood, N.J., was scheduled to come home from Vietnam in February. He
died of burns and shell fragment wounds. Cpl. Soroka, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Demetrio Soroka, enlisted in the Marines upon graduation in 1966 from Triton
High School, Runnemede, N.J. He was sent to Vietnam with his infantry unit
in October, 1966. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Ronald,
17, and a sister, Barbara, 9. The family moved to the Liberty Park section
of Blackwood six years ago from Philadelphia. The other Marine mentioned in
the article was CPL William D. Hart of Philadelphia, PA.
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
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