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MARVIN CLYDE KILLIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1944 – July 26, 1966
Service recordMarvin Clyde Killian, of Murray, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Murray, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 77
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- PELLUM BRYANT JRStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1966
- JOHN E CHRISTIANSEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK HICKEYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PELLUM BRYANT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 77
- THOMAS WALKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 79
- DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 79
From Murray
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 1970
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.