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JOHN ROBERT MARSH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1949 – October 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Marsh, of Newark, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 18
- THOMAS JOHN HOWEWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD KOEPPSpecialist Five · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- ROOSEVELT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
From Newark
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · August 2, 1968
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 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.