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MARVIN EUGENE LIVELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1949 – November 8, 1968
Service recordMarvin Eugene Lively, of Soddy, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Soddy, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 38
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- MARK HAROLD PIETRZYKSpecialist Five · November 8, 1968
- THEODORE SMITHChief Petty Officer · November 8, 1968
- FLOYD ALBERT STINSONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
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.