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Toney Francis Mycka Jr

Toney Francis Mycka Jr
U.S. Army
Corporal
Biography:
Toney Francis Mycka was raised in Sioux City and he had five siblings. His parents owned restaurants in the Sioux City area, the Homestead Cafe and Toney's Fine Foods Restaurant. After high School Mycka joined the Army and trained as an infantryman. He was sent to South Vietnam in April 1969. Two months into his deployment he was killed in an accident. On June 20, 1969 a munitions depot accidentally exploded, killing Mycka and three others. He was 19 years old at the time of his death. His body was returned to Iowa and laid to rest at the Mount Calvary Cemetery in Sioux City. Both his parents where later buried at the Mount Calvary Cemetery as well.
County:
Woodbury
City of EntrySioux City
Conflict/Time PeriodVietnam War
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Separation StatusKilled In Action (KIA)
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