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MICHAEL EDWARD MEANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1949 – August 15, 1968
Service recordMichael Edward Means, of Brookings, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Brookings, South Dakota (Brookings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 18
- TERRIN DINSMORE HICKSLieutenant Colonel · August 15, 1968
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · August 15, 1968
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- DERRYL LEE MOORESpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
From Brookings
- JOSEF LLOYD THORNEFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BIBBYCorporal · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · November 2, 1968
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.