Sgt. Robert J. Marks, Jr. Nantucket, MA, 8/1/1969

Bob Marks was an infantryman in company D, 2/505 Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. After contracting malaria, he was given a job in the company rear area. After his service in Vietnam, Bob Marks returned to Nantucket and became refuge manager of Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket and Deputy Federal Game Warden. Bob Marks was very involved in the efforts to save Nantucket wildlife following a spill of 7.6 million gallons of oil from the tanker argo merchant. See "Sports Illustrated", January 10, 1977, for a photo of Bob and an account of the oil spill incident of December, 1976.; Location: 2/505 Inf, 3rd Brig, 82 Airborne rear area, Tan Son Nut; photo by Jeff Hinman '68