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MARVIN ARTHUR GIES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1934 – January 21, 1969
Service recordMarvin Arthur Gies, of Lillington, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Lillington, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 48
- DANIEL PATRICK GALLAGHERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- EDDIE GILBERT GAYPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- GARY BERNARD GEHRKESpecialist Six · January 21, 1969
- ALTON GEORGE GIBSONSergeant · January 21, 1969
From Lillington
- LEONARD MONROE PARRISHPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- EUGENE WESLEY WICKERCorporal · September 5, 1968
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.