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MARCUS WILLIAM STODDARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – April 26, 1969
Service recordMarcus William Stoddard, of Mineville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 57
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Mineville, New York (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 57
- DAVID SCOLNICKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT SINKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · April 26, 1969
From Mineville
- JOSEPH FRANCIS RIBEIROPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
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.