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JOSEPH MARVIN
Private · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordJoseph Marvin, of Prattville, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Prattville, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 4
- THOMAS JAKE JONESLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- ARTHUR LANTEIGNELance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT LUNSFORDLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
From Prattville
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD MURFFLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ALBERT DAVISSergeant · April 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.