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LOUIS NATHANIL MALIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1945 – September 27, 1967
Service recordLouis Nathanil Malin, of Fenton, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Fenton, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 21
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- TOMMY EUGENE OSBONCorporal · September 27, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD PORRAZZOFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES PURGIELSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
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.