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MARVIN JOSEPH GUDE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – June 2, 1969
Service recordMarvin Joseph Gude, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 44
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 44
- JOHN HARLAND FARLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- JAMES ROBSON GILMORE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- JOHN HENSLEYCorporal · June 2, 1969
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.