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MARVIN LEROY POSPISIL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1949 – February 24, 1969
Service recordMarvin Leroy Pospisil, of Osmond, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Osmond, Nebraska (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 39
- RICHARD WAYNE FORDSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
- JOSE R OVERMAN-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE PRICESergeant · February 24, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROYSTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
From Osmond
- ROBERT L BRUNCKHORST JRSergeant First Class · October 14, 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.