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ALLEN HENRY MARINSIC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1945 – November 24, 1967
Service recordAllen Henry Marinsic, of Chehalis, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Chehalis, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 79
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 79
From Chehalis
- HARRY D LUNDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- LESLIE EUGENE MURRAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RONALD DEAN DESKINSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · April 25, 1970
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.