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MALVIN LOWE NASWORTHY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1944 – May 16, 1966
Service recordMalvin Lowe Nasworthy JR, of Baxley, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Baxley, Georgia (Appling County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 65
- SKYLER LANCE HASUIKEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- SHERWIN CRESCENT SCHOPPEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
From Baxley
- HARLEY DANIEL BECKWORTHStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- IRA WINARD WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- KENNETH ROGER RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1971
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.