The Wall › Panel 33E › Tennessee › Michael Robert Day
MICHAEL ROBERT DAY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1946 – January 8, 1968
Service recordMichael Robert Day, of Ashland City, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 82
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Technician (2861)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Ashland City, Tennessee (Cheatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 82
- ROBERT LEO CRAWLEYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- HOVEY RICE CURRYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CYRSergeant Major · January 8, 1968
- LARRY GENE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
From Ashland City
- GARY LEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE FRAZIER BROWNSpecialist Four · 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.