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MELVIN RAY LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1946 – September 13, 1968
Service recordMelvin Ray Long, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 50
- RAYMOND EDWARD LANTERSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · September 13, 1968
- CHARLES LAVERN LUMMSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN MAHANSergeant · September 13, 1968
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.