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CARMELO VASQUEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordCarmelo Vasquez, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 24
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
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 24
- GLENN CHARLES STROMBACKSergeant · August 25, 1968
- JOHN CLARENCE STROMESpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ALAN SWOVELANDSergeant · August 25, 1968
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
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.