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MICHAEL HUGH BREEDING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1945 – February 12, 1970
Service recordMichael Hugh Breeding, of Blue Rapids, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 130
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 122 MAG 13 1 MAW
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Blue Rapids, Kansas (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 130
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
- SAMUEL NURRELL BURTONPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM COONSCorporal · February 12, 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.