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MARK WAYNE SURBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – September 22, 1969
Service recordMark Wayne Surber, of Sterling, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 126
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Sterling, Michigan (Arenac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 126
- ERIC ANTHONY LORDCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JOSE CARMELO RENTAS JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1969
- JAMES TAYLOR TUCKERSergeant First Class · September 22, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · September 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 124
- LARRY WAYNE ELLISSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 124
- FRED EDWARD GOLDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 125
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 125
- CLINTON EUGENE MILLERCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 127
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.