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MARVIN WESLEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1946 – October 11, 1968
Service recordMarvin Wesley JR, of Guin, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Guin, Alabama (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 50
- J D WALTERSCorporal · October 11, 1968
- VIRGIL HENRY WILSON JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH ABRAHAMSergeant · October 12, 1968
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
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.