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REECE LESLIE MARPLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1945 – May 11, 1968
Service recordReece Leslie Marple, of Jellico, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Jellico, Tennessee (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 23
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 26
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Jellico
- JOHN EARL LAYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- DANIEL EDGAR WALDENPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.