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JOHN A MARSH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1945 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJohn A Marsh, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 48
- KENNETH W FOWLERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- MITCHELL MESSINGSergeant · April 25, 1969
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 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.