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MICHAEL WAKEFIELD DOWNEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1944 – July 1, 1967
Service recordMichael Wakefield Downey, of Needham, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 91
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Motor Transport Officer (I) (3501)
- Born
- February 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Needham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 91
- PETER AVILESPrivate · July 1, 1967
- HARLAN TILPHER BILDENCorporal · July 1, 1967
- GENE FRANCIS COLVINSergeant · July 1, 1967
- STEVE CLYDE CUNEOPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
From Needham
- JAMES FREDERICK HILTZStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1963
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BOUCHETPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · August 31, 1970
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.