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ERNEST POSTORINO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordErnest Postorino, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 44
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
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 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 44
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKMajor · August 27, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIASpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.