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MARK JOSEPH GIRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – May 14, 1969
Service recordMark Joseph Giron, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 5
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 5
- RONALD WALTER FEROUGESpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- MICHAEL KENT FULTZSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GILES WILSON GILMERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL THOMAS ABNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 114
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 1
- GERALD JOHN KELLY JRCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 7
- RUFUS NEWTON STEVENSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 13
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 14
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 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.