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MARK ROLAND HORNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordMark Roland Horner, of Watertown, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 14
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
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Watertown, South Dakota (Codington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 14
- JOHN E CARTER JRLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- GREGORY MAC COONSSergeant · February 15, 1970
- FERNANDO BARCINAS ESTEVESSergeant · February 15, 1970
- GERALD EDWARD HULLCaptain · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · Panel 13W, Line 15
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 16
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 17
From Watertown
- MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS LANGENFELDPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS HAIDERSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DENIS JAMES ZIMPRICHSpecialist Four · April 7, 1970
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · May 22, 1970
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.