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MARVIN RICHARD BERHOWE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – November 16, 1969
Service recordMarvin Richard Berhowe, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 83
- FRANCIS ZAVACKICaptain · November 15, 1969
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN BILESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- PHILIPPE B FALESMajor · November 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DOW FORDSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 84
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.