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JIMMIE RAY MARSHALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – February 19, 1970
Service recordJimmie Ray Marshall, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 33
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 33
- JAMES RICHARD HARDINSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOHN NORMANPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- GREGORY ALLEN PARSONSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS SUDDUTHSeaman · February 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY THOMAS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 32
- MANUEL TOMAS MONTOYASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 32
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.