Marvin Clarence Briss

Specialist 4th Class Marvin Clarence Briss photo

Vietnam
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Fallen

Binford, ND


County:
Griggs

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains recovered

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Specialist 4 Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
5th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
50th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
9th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND

Circumstances:

In Long An, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

Biography:

Marvin Clarence Briss was drafted into the United States Army via Selective Service in May 1968 and began his tour on October 7, 1968. He had the rank of Specialist 4th Class, and his military occupation or specialty was Light Weapons Infantry. He was attached to the 9th Infantry Division, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, E Company.

Marvin Briss was born on November 6, 1948, in Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, to Clarence Lawrence and Ella Josephine Walen Briss. 

Specialist 4th Class Briss was wounded and hospitalized in early April 1969 and lost his life on May 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, Long An province and is buried at the Glenfield Cemetery, Glenfield, Foster County, North Dakota. He received the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal for Heroism, and is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC, name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 23w, Line 006.

Specialist 4th Class Briss was featured in the June 27, 1969, LIFE magazine cover article entitled "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll." 

Resource: Ancestory.com