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MARION EDWARD WAUGH
Major · U.S. Army
July 30, 1938 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMarion Edward Waugh, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 35
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 35
- FRANK WRIGHT WEBBFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD FOY WELLSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY RODNEY BELLAMYMajor · Panel 55E, Line 3
- WILHELM KARL DAMMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 8
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
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.