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MARION LEE KEMPNER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1942 – November 11, 1966
Service recordMarion Lee Kempner, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 55
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- April 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 55
- HENRY THOMAS LEONARDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH LIVINGSTONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- ARNOLD ATWOOD LUNDColonel · November 11, 1966
- ARTHUR STEWART MEARNSColonel · November 11, 1966
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.