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DONALD FRANK MARIT
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 1, 1931 – September 8, 1964
Service recordDonald Frank Marit, of Litchfield, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Born
- August 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Litchfield, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 31
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · July 8, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- JACK ORVAL EITELFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
From Litchfield
- CLIFFORD LEROY ROBINSONSergeant First Class · June 4, 1966
- DANIEL RONEN COXLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · November 24, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES ODLEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
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.