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ARIEL MARINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordAriel Marino, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 51
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 13, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- LONZO JOSEPH MORAN JRPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- ARTHUR DAVID MOSCRIP JRLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOE A ELBERTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 47
- HOWARD BROWN HANDLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 48
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 51
- EDWARD KENNETH RYANSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 54
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.