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MARVIN JOHN LOUVIERE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1943 – September 4, 1969
Service recordMarvin John Louviere, of Morgan City, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 34
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
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Morgan City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 34
- CHARLES ELBERT LONGSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS IIISecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT REITZCaptain · September 4, 1969
From Morgan City
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DANNY LEE PAULPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- CLARENCE DARDAR JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN CONRAD SEEBODEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- RAYMOND PAGE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
- THOMAS EMILE LACOSTELance Corporal · March 28, 1970
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
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.