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MARVIN RAYMOND MCCAIN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1943 – June 20, 1968
Service recordMarvin Raymond McCain JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 8
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 2 BN 12 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 8
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- HAROLD NORMAN MINNIEARLance Corporal · June 20, 1968
- TERRY LEE PARSONSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- EARL TIMOTHY PELHAM JRSergeant First Class · June 20, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.