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MARVIN DOWDELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – October 15, 1966
Service recordMarvin Dowdell, of Cordele, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Cordele, Georgia (Crisp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 76
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- GERALD JAMES COLLIERSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- MELVIN RUPERT ELLISCaptain · October 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE HUBERT HARRISSergeant · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 77
- CARLOS PIREZ-BERGESSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 78
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 78
From Cordele
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
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.