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Casualty Info
Home Town Not Specified
Last Address Alexandria Va
Casualty Date Mar 09, 1968
Cause Hostile, Died
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates *Plot: Section 3 Site 4110-C
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed "Thundering Third". The most recent leader Lt. Col. B. Middleton's radio callsign is "Darkside". They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, and consist of approximately 1,000 Marines. The unit currently falls under the command of the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, but — along with its two sister battalions — is hosted by the 3rd Marine Division, at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, when training in jungle warfare. The 3rd falls under the 4th Marine Regiment at such times.
