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MARVIN LYNN HOUSTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1948 – June 9, 1968
Service recordMarvin Lynn Houston, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 9
- ANGEL L GONZALEZ-MARTINEZCorporal · June 9, 1968
- BERNARD TIMOTHY HANSENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ELMER LARRY HOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL REEDCorporal · June 9, 1968
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.