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MARVIN WHITNER BOWEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordMarvin Whitner Bowen, of Taylors, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 66
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Taylors, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 66
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- WARREN WILLIAM BOLESLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
From Taylors
- LARRY EMERSON POTTERCorporal · July 16, 1966
- DAVID D DAVENPORT JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES LEE BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- LEWIS ANTHONY DAVISSeaman Apprentice · March 17, 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.