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MARVIN NELSON LINDSEY
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 20, 1929 – June 29, 1965
Service recordMarvin Nelson Lindsey, of Springhill, Louisiana, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 29, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TRS
- Born
- January 20, 1929
- Home of record
- Springhill, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 24
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- DENNIS STOVE PITSENBARGERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- ANTHONY GARY TATEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
From Springhill
- THOMAS EDWARD WELCHLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
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.