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NOEL DON MARR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1940 – May 29, 1966
Service recordNoel Don Marr, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 119
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 119
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- R B MARCHBANKS JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 7E, Line 123
From Ada
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.