Background
Downs, Michael Patrick was born on February 8, 1940 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Margaret Mary (Hickey) Downs.
Downs, Michael Patrick was born on February 8, 1940 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Margaret Mary (Hickey) Downs.
Bachelor of Science, College Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1961. Master of Science, University Southern California, 1982. Graduate, Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, Virginia, 1967.
Graduate with honors, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1975. Graduate, National War College, 1979. Postgraduate program for senior executives, John Fitzgerald Kennedy School Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps, 1961; advanced through grades to brigadier general, United States Marine Corps, 1987; commander, Company F, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, Republic of Vietnam, 1967-1968; Executive officer, Battalion Landing Team 1/9, Okinawa, Japan, 1975-1976; plans officer, Allied Forces Center Europe, Brunssum, The Netherlands, 1979-1982; regimental commander, 27th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, 1984-1986; director facilities and services, Headquarters United States Marine Corps, Washington, 1987-1989; commanding general, 6th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 1989-1990; commanding general, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, 1990-1992.
Life member Veterans of Foreign Wars, Marine Corps Association, 1st Marine Division Association, National War College Association.
Married Martha Leigh Puller, February 15, 1969. Children: Michael Patrick Junior, Lewis Burwell.