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MARVIN SHELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1949 – March 26, 1970
Service recordMarvin Shell, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 46
- ROBERT FOREMAN JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1970
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- ANGELO RAYMOND MORALESSergeant · March 26, 1970
- DON MANUEL OSHELLSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE ALEXANDER ESCANDONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 45
- JOHN ALLEN STEELSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 47
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.