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MICHAEL NORRIS COLTON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 20, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Norris Colton, of Alexandria, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 63
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Minnesota (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 63
- TIMOTHY WAYNE BEVERFORDSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS LEONARD CALLAGHANPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- DANIEL GENE CASEYSergeant · July 28, 1969
From Alexandria
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- HARVEY NORMAN HEDSTROMFirst Sergeant · May 17, 1969
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.