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EUGENE LYNN MARKWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1946 – July 4, 1968
Service recordEugene Lynn Markwell, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 11
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
- Weapons Support Radar Repairer (26B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM ARNOLD BECKWITHLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WALTER JAMES ONEILChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
- EARL EUGENE FAULKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- MARSHALL WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 13
- WARDELL SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 14
- WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORASpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 15
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.