Marvin Galbraith Dies in Viet Nam
Lance Corporal Marvin E. Galbraith, 20,
died March 27 in the vicinity of Quang Nam, Viet Nam. According to the U. S. Marine Corps
notification received by his parents, "he sustained a fragmentation wound to the body from
a hostile explosive device while on perimeter watch in a command post area."
Marvin was a graduate of Brewster high school who had worked briefly in
construction and as an orchard manager before he enlisted in the Marines about a year ago.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Galbraith, Manning Park, B. C., he was a member of a Bridgeport pioneer
family. He will, in fact, represent the fifth generation of Galbraiths to lie in Bridgeport cemetery.
His parents moved from Bridgeport Bar to British Columbia last July, but Mrs. Galbraith
had just spent a week visiting her family here. She had only reached highway 97 on her way home Saturday,
when officer Dick Gelstin stopped her to convey the news of Marvin's death. Her husband joined her here
at once, and Monday they told the Herald-Reporter that their only consolation was that Marvin had believed
in what he was doing. He had written very recently that his job in Viet Nam had to be done.
Marvin is survived by his parents; his brother Dan, Brewster; five sisters, Verda Galbraith
and Janice Fitzhugh, Brewster, Anne Kiedrowski, Manning Park, Vivian Nalls, Sprockman, Arkansas, and
Carol Byrd, Chelan Falls; his grandmother, Mrs. Floy Galbraith; aunts, nieces and nephews.
Transcribed from the Herald-Reporter, Brewster, Washington - April 4, 1968
Background graphic courtesy of Sergeant Jack's
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