JUDGE, DARWIN LEE

Name: Darwin Lee Judge
Branch/Rank: United States Marine Corps/E3
Unit:
Date of Birth: 16 February 1956
Home City of Record: MARSHALTOWN IA
Date of Loss: 29 April 1975
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 104500 North  1064000 East
Category: 4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. Updated 2020.

REMARKS: 02/22/76 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV

CACCF ARTILERY/ ROCKET BIEN HOA

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By Bob Faw
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa
April 28, 2000

Vietnam hero finally honored

Darwin Judge, a courageous 19-year-old who died during the fall of Saigon,
will finally be honored Saturday for his heroic efforts in saving a fellow
Marine's daughter.

NBC's Bob Faw reports on how two men convinced the Marines to honor their
common hero......

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01/2020

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• Conflict
• Service
• Status
• Date of Accounting

• VIETNAM WAR
• UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
• Accounted For
• 02/26/1976

On February 26, 1976, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lance Corporal Darwin Lee Judge, missing from the Vietnam War.

Lance Corporal Judge joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Iowa and was a member of the Marine Security Guard Battalion stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, adjacent to Tan Son Nhut Air Base. On April 29, 1975, he was killed by an enemy rocket that hit his position outside of the embassy. His remains were taken to the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Saigon; however, they were not recovered during the U.S. evacuation from Saigon the next day. In February 1976, the Vietnamese government returned LCpl Judge's remains to U.S. custody.

If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.

 

LCpl DARWIN LEE JUDGE

• Unit
• Historical Country of Loss
  South Vietnam
• Current Country of Loss
  VIETNAM
• Home of Record IA