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MARVIN SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – June 19, 1968
Service recordMarvin Scott, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 2
- JOHN VINCENT QUINTALSergeant · June 19, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SISLERSergeant · June 19, 1968
- BOBBY DWAYNE STANLEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BESTPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 31
- RICHARD THOMAS DUTROPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 33
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · Panel 56W, Line 35
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 36
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
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.