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MARVIN EUGENE MONROE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordMarvin Eugene Monroe, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 56
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 56
- CHARLES PATRICK MCCAFFREYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JAMES GARRETT MILLERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY L ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 43
- DAVID HARRY GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 50
- FRANK ELTON HILTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 51
- NORMAN WARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 52
- GARY EUGENE SALISBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 60
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.