Michael Hubert Deschenes

Private First Class
H CO, 2ND BN, 26TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
05 December 1947 - 16 September 1968
Auburn, Maine
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3RD MARDIV

26TH MARINES 		Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Michael Hubert Deschenes

12 Feb 2001

2nd Bn, 26th Marines

REMEMBERED

I will never forget your bravery at Landing Zone Margo.

Cpl. David T. Hunt
dagr0311@warwick.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

In September 1968 elements of the Battalion Landing Team built around the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, were at Landing Zone Margo in the Cam Lo River valley about 13 miles due west of Cam Lo itself. On 15, 16, and 17 September LZ Margo was subjected to severe mortar attacks which killed 30 men.

H Company, 2/26 Marines, lost eight men over the three day period:

  • 15 September:
  • 16 September:
    • PFC Dwight L. Adams, Nashville, TN
    • PFC Michael H. Deschenes, Auburn, ME
    • PFC D. L. McDonald, Van Nuys, CA

  • 17 September:
    • PFC Leon E. Kizzie, Richmond, VA
    • PFC Jerry L. Marcum, Muncie, IN
    • PFC Ronald J. Pointer, Somerville, MA
    • PFC Steven J. Reichardt, St Charles, MO


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a fellow Marine,
Cpl. David T. Hunt
dagr0311@warwick.net
 12 Feb 2001


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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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