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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Antone Patrick Marks.

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ANTONE PATRICK MARKS

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

October 21, 1931 – June 5, 1966

Service record

Antone Patrick Marks, of Nantucket, Massachusetts, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 11

Position of Panel 8E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
October 21, 1931
Home of record
Nantucket, Massachusetts (Nantucket County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 5, 1966
Age
34
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 11

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.