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MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1949 – December 16, 1967
Service recordMichael John Medeiros, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 8
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)
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 8
- TERRI MARTIN BOETTGERSergeant · December 16, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- STEVEN LEE BRUDERERSeaman · December 16, 1967
- THOMAS BEEB CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH RAGOCorporal · March 9, 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.