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ERASTE JOHN MARCEAUX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1947 – July 28, 1968
Service recordEraste John Marceaux, of Kaplan, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Kaplan, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 25
- JOHN MANNING LANCASTERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES LEELance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD LLOYDCorporal · July 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
From Kaplan
- PAUL JAMES MEAUXCorporal · August 17, 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.