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ERASMO PALOS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1946 – March 31, 1968
Service recordErasmo Palos, of Eagle Pass, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 25
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Eagle Pass, Texas (Maverick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 25
- JERRY LEE PATRICKSpecialist Five · March 31, 1968
- DANIEL PESIMERSergeant · March 31, 1968
- THOMAS PIERRE PRUIETT JRPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- DON JUNIOR YELVERTONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
From Eagle Pass
- MATIAS T RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- BALTAZAR A MALDONADOPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- PABLO RENE GONZALEZLance Corporal · July 18, 1967
- RAMIRO HERRERA JRSpecialist Four · September 22, 1967
- ADRIAN LOUIS LYNN JRStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1967
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JUAN VARGAS ESTRADACorporal · January 16, 1969
- DAVID GARZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 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.