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JIMMY ALLEN MARCUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1942 – February 4, 1966
Service recordJimmy Allen Marcum, of Concord, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Concord, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 2
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARD ROYCorporal · February 4, 1966
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 1
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 1
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- JOHN H THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 3
From Concord
- JAMES DAVID TRAVIS JRLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- HAROLD GENE CURTISCorporal · October 20, 1969
- ROBERT HARRISON LANE JRSergeant · April 1, 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.