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ELMO MARINELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1948 – March 12, 1967
Service recordElmo Marinelli, of Ansonia, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 69
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Ansonia, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; two 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 69
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONAirman First Class · March 12, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
From Ansonia
- JOSEPH DAVID FRANCOLINISpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOYCorporal · November 3, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
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.