Marvin Shell
Military Data
Unit B Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, USARV
Casualty Data
Start Tour 28 October 1969
Incident Date 26 March 1970
Casualty Date 26 March 1970
Age at Loss 20
Location, South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Gun or small arms fire
Vietnam Wall Panel 12W Line 046
At Roselawn Memorial Park where he is buried, he is in section “Garden of Last Supper”.
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 1 April 1949
- Date of death: 26 March 1970
- County: Washington
- Hometown: Johnson City
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Roselawn Memorial Park, Carter County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Middle Panel
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