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MARVIN ISAAC SIDERS
Major · U.S. Army
May 23, 1940 – November 6, 1968
Service recordMarvin Isaac Siders, of Macy, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · 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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Macy, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 29
- DAVID LOUIS MERRILLPetty Officer Second Class · November 6, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATOLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- RUSSELL J POWELLSergeant · November 6, 1968
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RONALD BELLAMYSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 25
- WILLIAM DEWITT NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 28
- RUSSELL J POWELLSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 29
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 29
From Macy
- MICHAEL KARL WAYMIRESergeant · July 5, 1970
- AUDLEY DUANE MILLSSergeant First Class · October 11, 1971
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.