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MARION GILMER RUNION
Captain · U.S. Army
February 11, 1939 – February 2, 1967
Service recordMarion Gilmer Runion, of Radford, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 109
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Dental Officer (3170)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Radford, Virginia (Radford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 109
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- JOHN EARL MYERSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- LARRY EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- LARRY ELDON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EMIL MANNSSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 108
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 110
From Radford
- CARL REED GIBSONSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MORGAN KILBYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
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.