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MARVIN ALDRID VOELKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1946 – November 25, 1969
Service recordMarvin Aldrid Voelker JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 123
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 123
- ROGER BERNARD SCHAEFERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- EARL MICHAEL STANFORDSpecialist Five · November 25, 1969
- HECTOR VILLEGAS-VILASpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- JON ANTHONY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.