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MARLIN LYNN SIEGWALT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 30, 1937 – October 30, 1968
Service recordMarlin Lynn Siegwalt, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 30, 1968, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 60
- LARRY EDWARD SCHWARZPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE TURNERCorporal · October 30, 1968
- DAVID FRANK WORKMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL ALLISONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.