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ANTONIO FALCO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1950 – April 30, 1969
Service recordAntonio Falco, of Canton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 87
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
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- June 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Canton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 87
- FERNANDO SAENZ SALDANAPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- GEORGE SIDELKOCorporal · April 30, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- HAROLD PAUL TATEMSergeant · April 30, 1969
From Canton
- PETER MYKAL HANSENFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · May 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH ERNEST ARAUJOSpecialist Five · December 21, 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.