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JACK WILLIAM MARLOWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – April 16, 1968
Service recordJack William Marlowe, of Gilroy, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 17
- CHRISFINO DENNIS LEALPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE LINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY LITTLEFIELDCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONECorporal · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DWAINE DANIELSSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 13
From Gilroy
- JAMES WILBUR ERVINSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WOLFGANG WERNER KARASCHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- LEE ATTILIO GRECOMajor · December 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
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.