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MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1948 – October 24, 1967
Service recordMichael Louis Browning, of Fullerton, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 59
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
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 59
- HARRY OWENS WHITLOCK JRLance Corporal · October 23, 1967
- RICHARD CHAMP CLARKLieutenant · October 24, 1967
- GARY LEE CONAWAYPetty Officer First Class · October 24, 1967
- VAUGHN PAUL FLIZANESSecond Lieutenant · October 24, 1967
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 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.