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MARVIN R SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordMarvin R Smith, of Powers, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 33
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Powers, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 33
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SANDERSSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JACK HENRY SHOOP JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- LEWIS BENJAMIN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
From Powers
- HAROLD STANLEY BERNLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.