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MARVIN LEE DIPERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – July 18, 1969
Service recordMarvin Lee Dipert, of Plymouth, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 13
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Indiana (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 13
- KEM L WALLACESpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- HERBERT FRANKLIN AMRHEINSergeant · July 18, 1969
- DOUGLAS STANLEY DRESSENSergeant · July 18, 1969
From Plymouth
- ROBERT LYNNE LONGCaptain · December 22, 1967
- GLENN AIREN PRANGERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
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.