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MARVIN DALE BANAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordMarvin Dale Banar, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 22
- CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZSergeant · December 1, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
- PHILLIP PAUL SUMMERSSpecialist Five · December 1, 1967
- JACK PHILLIP BROADHEADStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.