Mike43
Marine

About Mike43

First Name:

Michael

Last Name:

Kunkel

Rank:

E-4

Do you own a business?:

No

Where did you attend bootcamp?:

MCRD Parris Island

What date did you graduate bootcamp?:

10/27/1981

What was your bootcamp platoon number?:

2063

Duty Stations:

Camp Geiger, 2 MED Cruises, Two tours in Beirut. (unless you include various training bases - Camp Wilson at CAX 29 Palms, cold weather training at Camp Ripley Minn., and Mountain Warfare training.

Year Entered Marine corps:

1981

Year Exited Marine Corps:

1985

Favorite Duty Station:

Camp Geiger

Favorite Marine:

My 3 DI's (Ssgt Krause, Sgt Mazenko and Sgt Ishmail)

Wars and conflicts you were in involved in?:

Beirut

Military Biography:

0331 machine gunner, served in Weapons Plt, Lima Co 3/8, 2nd MARDIV made two MED cruises aboard USS Inchon and USS Nasau and completed two tours in Beirut (one before the MAU headquarters bombing and one after)

Current City:

Baltimore

Current State:

Maryland

Hometown:

Baltimore

Home State:

Maryland

High School:

Mount Saint Joseph

Gender:

Male

Occupation:

Principal Designer - Electrical Industry

Colleges Attended:

Essex Community College
Catonsville Community College

Interests:

wood working, building furniture, model trains, reading military history, watching sports, coaching my daughters fast-pitch softball team

Favorite Movie:

Jaws, Tora, Tora, Tora, Kelly's Heros, Flags of Our Fathers

Favorite Book:

Summer of 42