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BRIAN LYNN COLBY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordBrian Lynn Colby, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 114
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 114
- JUAN CASIANOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- CHARLES COMBSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- GARRY KENDELL COOKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- STEVEN WILLIAM COUCHPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.