Full Name: MICHAEL NELSON SULLIVAN
Date of Birth: 5/10/1949
Date of Casualty: 3/11/1970
Home of Record: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: CPL
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG NGAI
You got a “Dear John” letter a few weeks before you died and I hoped you could go home and make things OK again. But you never made it. We carried you through that night in the rain until we could get to where a chopper could land and take you away. You were a good medic and friend and I miss you. The death benefit “she” got was a far lesser prize than getting you back. You will live as long as we remember …
Linn Hoopes, 2001
NOTE: Postmously promoted to Corporal, United States Army.
SULLIVAN, MICHAEL N.
- PFC U.S.A.
- DATE OF BIRTH: 05/10/1949
- DATE OF DEATH: 03/11/1970
- BURIED AT: SECTION 46 SITE 794-4
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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