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WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordWillie Junior Marshall, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 83
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 83
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- STEPHEN GERE KELLYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES MINKUSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 80
- VAUGHN ORMON DOTYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 82
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 85
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.