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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John P Marlow.

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JOHN P MARLOW

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

December 26, 1946 – August 7, 1967

Service record

John P Marlow, of Glencoe, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 24E · Line 87

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
68 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
Born
December 26, 1946
Home of record
Glencoe, Oklahoma (Payne County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 7, 1967
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 24E, Line 87

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.