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MARVIN ELLIS CURRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1943 – October 31, 1965
Service recordMarvin Ellis Curry, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 MP CO 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 8
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- SAMUEL ADAMSChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.