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MICHAEL LINN BIANCHINI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1946 – March 5, 1966
Service recordMichael Linn Bianchini, of San Francisco, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 113
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)
- H S CO 2 BN 4 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 113
- ANIBAL FELIPE AVILES JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
- JAMES JEROME BRADLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.