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MARK ALLEN LILIENTHAL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1949 – April 17, 1970
Service recordMark Allen Lilienthal, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 17
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
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 17
- FRANK MCCRARY KITCHENS JRLance Corporal · April 17, 1970
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · April 17, 1970
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 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.