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Jack William Marlowe
Specialist Four
D CO, 2ND BN, 3RD INFANTRY, 199TH INFANTRY BDE, USARV Army of the United States Gilroy, California May 01, 1946 to April 16, 1968 JACK W MARLOWE is on the Wall at Panel 50E, Line 17 |
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1963 High School Photo
Jack's productive life unraveled with only 93 days remaining in his Vietnam tour (07/18/1967 - 04/16/1968). Jack William Marlowe was born to James and Patricia Marlowe on May 1, 1946. Along with brothers James and Jay, he was raised and attended school in nearby Gilroy, California. During his formative years, Marlowe was active in Little League, the Boy Scouts and the youth activities of the First Baptist Church in Gilroy. When he entered high school, he affiliated with DeMolay, a Masonic youth organization and became a life member. Upon graduation from Gilroy High School in 1964, Marlowe enrolled in the two-year business program at Cabrillo College in Aptos. While in college, he joined the Circle Y business fraternity. After completing his Associate of Arts program, he was employed by the County Bank of Santa Cruz. In February 1967 Jack Marlowe received his draft notice and entered the US Army. Following his basic and advanced infantry training in the summer of 1967, he was assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division in Vietnam. When the Tet New Year Offensive began in January 1968, Jack's unit secured the main infiltration routes into and around Saigon against Viet Cong attacks. In mid-February, while in the process of stopping the heavy Viet Cong assaults, Marlowe was wounded and hospitalized at Cam Ranh Bay, for twenty-one days. Upon his release he rejoined his unit. On April 16,1968, with less than 93 days remaining on his Vietnam tour, Specialist Fourth Class Jack William Marlowe was killed in action from multiple fragmentation wounds in Long An Province. His body was recovered and returned to Watsonville for a full military funeral and burial in Pajaro Valley Memorial Park. Source: Remembering our Own, The Santa Cruz County Military Roll of Honor 1861-2010, By Robert L Nelson The Museum of Art & History @ The McPherson Center 2010, Page 221Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade lost three men in the hostile encounter with the enemy. They were:
SP4 Jack William Marlowe, his mother Patricia Jean (Dillon) Marlowe (1924-2007), and father James William Marlowe (1921-1996) are all interred in Pajaro Valley Memorial Park, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California. 
- - The Virtual Wall, 10 September 2022
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