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TOMMY LEE MARKS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – December 27, 1969
Service recordTommy Lee Marks, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 99
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- DAMIEN JOHN JAMES MESSINOHospitalman · December 27, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT PAKULASpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.