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ALAN RICHARD MARSH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – June 2, 1967
Service recordAlan Richard Marsh, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 36
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 36
- DENNIS EUGENE HOFFMANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS MCGOEYSergeant · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- JOE MOYALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 36
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.