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MARVIN HEAD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 29, 1946 – January 11, 1968
Service recordMarvin Head JR, of Columbiana, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbiana, Alabama (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 29
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- WALTER MARTIN KEENEPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · January 11, 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.