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JOHN PAUL MARKEN JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1941 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Paul Marken JR, of Escondido, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Tank And Assault Amphibious Vehicle Officer (I) (1801)
- Born
- November 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHNNY WARNER LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE MORRISLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
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.