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MARION LEE MEGGS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1947 – November 16, 1967
Service recordMarion Lee Meggs, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 4
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 4
- GEORGE KENNETH KOONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- JOHN LANCE LINDABERRYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELLSergeant · November 16, 1967
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 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.