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ALBERTO COLON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1948 – February 20, 1968
Service recordAlberto Colon, of Bayside, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 37
- ROBERT RAY BOYLEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- DONALD GENE BRANTCorporal · February 20, 1968
- RAYMOND EARL CARPENTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- HURSHELL HARRY GOUGHStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
From Bayside
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- WALTER JOSEPH BIENKOWSKILance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · March 7, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · December 9, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.