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ANTONIO VELASQUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1948 – March 24, 1967
Service recordAntonio Velasquez, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 40
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 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 17E, Line 40
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- JACK THOMAS STEWARTMajor · March 24, 1967
- JODIE VARNER WELCH JRCorporal · March 24, 1967
- LARRY JOE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 24, 1967
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
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.