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MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 28, 1950 – February 20, 1969
Service recordMarvin Andrew Devault, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 64
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 64
- ALAN CLARENCE BURTNESSSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- THOMAS RAY DANIELSSergeant · February 20, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS FRANKESeaman · February 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DRUE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 63
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 64
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 65
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 66
- JUNIOR FLOYD RONIGERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 67
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 69
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.