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GREGORY ALLEN MARVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1950 – March 1, 1969
Service recordGregory Allen Marvin, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · 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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 5
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH ROBERT KING JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · March 1, 1969
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30W, Line 1
- ALVIN CARNALL TOOMBS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.