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MARVIN ALBERT SCHAFER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1945 – April 30, 1967
Service recordMarvin Albert Schafer, of Butler, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 128
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Butler, Kentucky (Pendleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 128
- WILLIAM JUNIOR ROLDANLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- FRANK THEODORE ROTHLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SCHLEYCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD TRAVIS SCHMITZCorporal · April 30, 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.