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DAVID HARLON MARINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1951 – June 4, 1970
Service recordDavid Harlon Marine, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 8
- BOBBY GENE HUGGINSMajor · June 4, 1970
- ALVIN EUGENE MATHERMajor · June 4, 1970
- FRANK EDWARD MCCLELLANSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE SELDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 10
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.