Michael Steven Bryant (1946 - 1967)

Born 23 Oct 1946 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Died 27 Jan 1967 at age 20 in Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam

Biography

Michael Bryant was awarded the Purple Heart.

Michael Bryant is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Marine Corps
PFC Infantry, KIA in Vietnam

PFC Michael Bryant was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

PFC Michael Bryant served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): =C Co.,1st Bn, 7th Marine Regiment; 1st Marine Division, III MAF
Service ended:

Michael was born in 1946. He passed away in 1967. Parents: Jacob L Bryant 1924–1989 Shirley M Bryant 1927–1994

Siblings: David J Bryant 1949–1972

The son of Jacob L. and Shirley M. Bryant of Des Plaines IL, Michael enlisted in the US Marine Corps on May 5, 1966 in Chicago IL. Reporting for duty in Vietnam he was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (Rein) FMF.

At the start of Operation DESOTO, a relief mission under the OPCON of the 5th Marines was launched to rescue the crew of a downed aircaft and Company C was flown in to participate. Moving towards the area of the downed aircraft, Company C began to receive hostile fire which intensified until the Marines approached the southern edge of Vinh Binh when they were unable to proceed any further.

Heavy automatic weapons and small arms fire were directed from the north, west, and south at the men, unable to move forward and having taken a number of casualties, the Marines were pulled back from the fortified enemy infested village complex. Four of their men were killed in the action including PFC Bryant who died as a result of the enemy rifle fire, nine Marines were wounded.

Sources

Semper Fi Brother! Sgt R.C. Floyd, (Floyd-1923)

• www.virtualwall.org
• 1st Battalion 7th Marines Association and the1/7 Marines Vietnam Memorial, Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, Virginia, USA
• National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68598329/michael-steven-bryant: accessed 13 January 2024), memorial page for PFC Michael Steven Bryant (23 Oct 1946–27 Jan 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68598329, citing Town of Maine Cemetery, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Victor Vilionis (contributor 47207612).