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HERBERT LYNN MARSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – February 17, 1970
Service recordHerbert Lynn Marsh, of Lancaster, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 24
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 24
- RAYMOND MAYSSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- RONALD LEE MEANSCorporal · February 17, 1970
- GEORGE GROVER MITCHELLCorporal · February 17, 1970
- JOHN LOUIS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 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.