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MARK ALAN STRAUB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – February 12, 1970
Service recordMark Alan Straub, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 4
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- BILLY JAKE SMITHCaptain · February 12, 1970
- ARCHIE NORMAN WADESpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT LEE WALKER JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL GENE ALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 129
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 2
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.