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EARL WILLIAM MARLIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1950 – January 6, 1970
Service recordEarl William Marlin JR, of Keokuk, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 5
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Keokuk, Iowa (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 5
- RUSSELL WILLIAM KAYSERCorporal · January 6, 1970
- JOSEPH ALFRED LOZANOCorporal · January 6, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER HUGH MARKEYSecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
- BERYL GENE PETERSSergeant · January 6, 1970
From Keokuk
- CHARLES MARTIN HASPERFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1964
- GARREL LEE TEATSWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN RUDD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- STEVEN DOUGLAS MCDOWELLCorporal · February 9, 1971
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
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.