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MARVIN LYNN VOTAW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordMarvin Lynn Votaw, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 2
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 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 2
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- STEVEN EARL TAYLORPrivate · April 14, 1968
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- ROBERT FLOYD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.