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MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1947 – August 2, 1967
Service recordMichael Lawrence Trombley, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 70
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
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 70
- DONALD MICHAEL SOWERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- RAY W STOTLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN BENTLEYSergeant · August 3, 1967
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 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.