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MORTEN ARVID LIND JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordMorten Arvid Lind JR, of Placerville, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 75
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Placerville, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 75
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
From Placerville
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- DENNIS DALE KRAMERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 1969
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.