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MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – August 18, 1967
Service recordMarvin Douglas Buckridge, of Emporia, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Emporia, Kansas (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 10
- JOHN WAYNE BADONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- JESSE RUTLEDGE BAKERSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BRYANTSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE BADONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 11
- STEPHEN WINFIELD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 11
- ADAN FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 11
- JOHN CHARLES IMRIESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- THOMAS R KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 12
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 13
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 13
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
From Emporia
- JOHN L PONTINGSergeant First Class · November 22, 1967
- LEWIS R G DORSEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- MICHAEL NEIL HUBERTStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- STEVEN VINCENT ASTCorporal · March 2, 1971
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.