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MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordMichael Hubert Deschenes, of Auburn, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 3
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 3
- EDWARD CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- GARY ROBERT DAFFINLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · September 16, 1968
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · September 16, 1968
From Auburn
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.