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MICHAEL ALLEN MACHIE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1949 – May 31, 1968
Service recordMichael Allen Machie, of Coventry, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Coventry, Connecticut (Tolland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 12
- ROBERT CHRISTIAN ALLENLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD LAUERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- FRANCIS ANTHONY LAUTNERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS LEE LOSCHIAVOLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
From Coventry
- ROGER WILLIAM HEINZMajor · December 9, 1969
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.