MARVIN ROBERT OWEN

Officer Rank: Private First Class
Memorial Panel: 48-W: 22
Department: U.S. Department of the Army
End of Watch: August 19, 1978
Cause: DROW
Age: 19
Years of Service: 2
Description: Officer Owen was killed as he attempted to rescue another military family, whose vehicle was stranded on a bridge in a freak thunderstorm. Officer Owen and a family of four were killed as a 12-foot wall of water washed out the bridge. This accident occurred at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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