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MARVIN ALLEN LUERKENS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1951 – February 23, 1971
Service recordMarvin Allen Luerkens, of Central City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 134
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Central City, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 134
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAUSHERRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- STEPHEN MAYO HISCOCKChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1971
- JAMES EARL JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- DANIEL JOHN MAESCorporal · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 135
From Central City
- ROBERT DEE SELLS JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 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.