An excerpt from
Voices from Vietnam
Voices of the Wisconsin Past
Edited by Michael E. Stevens
"The Ultimate Price"
Photo of John K. Marshall.
Courtesy of John E. and
Helen Marshall. The names of more than 58,000 men and women cover the black granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Another 300,000 Americans were wounded in action. The following letters serve as a somber reminder of the precious cost of war.
John K. Marshall (1949-1968) was born in Green Bay and enlisted in the Marine Corps in December, 1967, while still a senior in high school. He served with the military police (27th Mar., 1st Mar. Div.) and as a fire team leader (C Co., 1/5th Mar., 1st Mar. Div.) near Da Nang from May, 1968, until November 17, 1968, when he was killed in action.
Letters from John K. Marshall to his family:
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