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ANTHONY MARIO ORLANDO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1944 – March 5, 1967
Service recordAnthony Mario Orlando, of Selden, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 23
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Selden, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 23
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1967
- EDWARD GEAN RAYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · March 5, 1967
From Selden
- LOUIS PHILLIP MERINOPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM WARREN DINIROSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 1971
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.