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MARCUS RICHARD ECKENRODE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1946 – May 21, 1968
Service recordMarcus Richard Eckenrode, of Mar Vista, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 13
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
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Mar Vista, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 13
- ROBERT DAVIDCorporal · May 21, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · May 21, 1968
From Mar Vista
- ROBERT RUSSELL SENNETTSenior Chief Petty Officer · January 22, 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.