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MARCUS RAY ASPLUND
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 1, 1945 – August 13, 1968
Service recordMarcus Ray Asplund, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 5
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 5
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- DANNY CURTIS CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LONNIE ELLERBE JRLance Corporal · August 13, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.