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GEORGE RICHARD MARR JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1951 – January 23, 1971
Service recordGeorge Richard Marr JR, of Troy, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 62
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Troy, Virginia (Fluvanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 62
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGILSergeant · January 22, 1971
- ALFONSO ANTONIO BRITOLance Corporal · January 23, 1971
- JERRY WOODROW CUTTINGSergeant · January 23, 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.