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MICHAEL IRA COLLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1946 – April 30, 1967
Service recordMichael Ira Colley, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 120
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)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 120
- ROBERT LESLIE CORNELLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD DOUGHERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD DUTYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KAROL RAYMOND BAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 118
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.