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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Marshall Pernell Ivey.

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MARSHALL PERNELL IVEY

Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

October 30, 1937 – November 28, 1969

Service record

Marshall Pernell Ivey, of Garysburg, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 28, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15W · Line 1

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Master Sergeant (MSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
October 30, 1937
Home of record
Garysburg, North Carolina (Northampton County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 28, 1969
Age
32
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 15W, Line 1

From Garysburg

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.