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MARVIN DOUGLAS LAMBDIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1949 – June 8, 1970
Service recordMarvin Douglas Lambdin, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 28
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 28
- JOHN THOMAS KREBS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 8, 1970
- GARY LYNN MERCERConstructionman · June 8, 1970
- JOSE CLEMENTE MONTANOLance Corporal · June 8, 1970
- ANSEL WENDELL MORSECorporal · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANKLIN HELMSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 27
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.