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MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordMichael Steven Bryant, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 85
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 85
- MARVIN DALE BENNETTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- LARRY DEAN CLAYBROOKLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.