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MARVIN EUGENE BURROWS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1932 – April 6, 1968
Service recordMarvin Eugene Burrows, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 24
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1932
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 24
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ELMER WILLIAM BROWNStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CANUPCaptain · April 6, 1968
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.