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MARION FRANK WALDEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1949 – December 13, 1968
Service recordMarion Frank Walden JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 19
- SAMMY RAY PALMERCorporal · December 13, 1968
- ROY STOWESpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL VANWEYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN WALKER JRChief Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDY WAYNE DERRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 14
- EARL RICHARD FRAYSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 15
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSEKSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 18
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.