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MARWICK LEROY KEMP
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1945 – February 18, 1969
Service recordMarwick Leroy Kemp, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 55
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 55
- MARLIN MARK JONES JRSeaman · February 18, 1969
- CARL EUGENE KELLY JRLance Corporal · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT IRWIN MEEKERSergeant · February 18, 1969
- PHILLIP EDWARD MINTONCorporal · February 18, 1969
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.