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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Alfred Marks JR.

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GEORGE ALFRED MARKS JR

Hospitalman · U.S. Navy

February 27, 1945 – November 6, 1968

Service record

George Alfred Marks JR, of Brockport, New York, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 39W · Line 28

Position of Panel 39W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Hospitalman (HN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Unit (as recorded)
HS 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
Born
February 27, 1945
Home of record
Brockport, New York (Monroe County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 6, 1968
Age
23
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Brockport

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.