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MARVIN JOEL NASCHEK
Commander · U.S. Navy
April 25, 1931 – November 21, 1968
Service recordMarvin Joel Naschek, of New York, New York, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 21, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 25, 1931
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 28
- JOHN EUGENE HEYENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · November 21, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CARMELO NAVARROCorporal · November 21, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.