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MARION WITHERSPOON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordMarion Witherspoon, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 12
- MARVIN FRANCIS WEHRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- ERMIL LEE WHISMANLieutenant Colonel · January 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LEVY WILBURN JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1969
- JAMES HENRY DIECKMANPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 8
- WILLIAM CRAIG OLSONSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 9
- JOHN MICHAEL TREJOPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 11
- MARVIN FRANCIS WEHRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 12
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.