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MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLAND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordMarvin Edward McLelland, of Arcata, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 10
- ZACK WILLIAM NAPIERSpecialist Five · June 6, 1968
- RODOLPH LEE NUNN JRLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1968
- CECIL THOMAS OSCARCorporal · June 6, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD PACKARDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
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.