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MARK WARREN LONGTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – September 20, 1968
Service recordMark Warren Longtin, of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 47
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
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Red Lake Falls, Minnesota (Red Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 47
- LARRY ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · Panel 43W, Line 45
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · Panel 43W, Line 47
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 48
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 49
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 50
From Red Lake Falls
- FRANCIS ARTHUR BENOITHospitalman · March 16, 1967
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.