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MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – December 18, 1970
Service recordMichael Booth Marcus, of Fountain Valley, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 130
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Fountain Valley, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 130
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · December 18, 1970
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- BOBBY LEE PALKCaptain · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELWOOD CHARLES BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 128
- PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 129
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 131
From Fountain Valley
- GEORGE AGUIRRECorporal · March 17, 1967
- LAWRENCE ARTHUR BROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- BYRON RANDALL DUHELance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.