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MARVIN KENNY PENLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1944 – May 21, 1966
Service recordMarvin Kenny Penland, of Piedmont, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Piedmont, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 98
- WALTER WILLIAM PHELPSSergeant · May 21, 1966
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DON JUNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHESTER SCHAPANICKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER ELENBURGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 95
- DON JUNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 98
From Piedmont
- JACK RAY LOCKRIDGESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE LEDBETTERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- VERNON GLEN HOLBROOKSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 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.