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WILLIAM KEITH MARCIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – February 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Keith Marcin, of Frankfort, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Frankfort, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 55
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- THOMAS MARK MARTICHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 47
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 48
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 57
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DORTY HINCHMAN SCOTT JRSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS SEVICKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- LYNN HUDSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 61
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 61
From Frankfort
- JOHN ANTHONY LAPOLLAStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1969
- ARTHUR RAYMOND DAVISCorporal · June 27, 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.