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MARVIN SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1946 – December 17, 1967
Service recordMarvin Smith, of Suffolk, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Suffolk, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 15
- MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELLCorporal · December 17, 1967
- PAUL JOHN MONGILLOMajor · December 17, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- BARRY LEE RUNYONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1967
From Suffolk
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.