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MARLIN EDWIN BEMBENEK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 2, 1942 – October 27, 1966
Service recordMarlin Edwin Bembenek, of Gaylord, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Gaylord, Minnesota (Sibley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 117
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD JAMES YOUNGER JRLance Corporal · October 26, 1966
- DAVID ARTHUR BARUTHCorporal · October 27, 1966
- JOHN TRAVIS BRADFORDLance Corporal · October 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 119
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 120
From Gaylord
- MICHAEL REID ELWELLStaff Sergeant · February 8, 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.