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MARZEL RAY LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordMarzel Ray Lee, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 122
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 122
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS LASKAYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LINDQUISTSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTON JAMES JECMEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 120
- WAYNE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 2
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.