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JAMES EDWARD MARLOW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Marlow, of Malone, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Malone, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 17
- LEON EDWARD KIZZIEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- GEORGE LEE JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- LIONEL MALDONADO-TORRESCorporal · September 17, 1968
- JERRY LEE MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
From Malone
- JAMES HENRY RUSTPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- SCOTT FRANCIS WEMETTEFireman · July 21, 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.