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MARK LEO ENGLISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1946 – December 18, 1966
Service recordMark Leo English, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 58
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 58
- KENNETH P DUGGARSpecialist Five · October 6, 1966
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CARROLLFirst Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 57
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 58
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 59
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13E, Line 59
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- HERBERT RAY ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.