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FELIX OCASIO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordFelix Ocasio, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 14
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
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 14
- CLAUDE EDWARD MCQUEENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD HERBERT NALEYSergeant · May 2, 1968
- JAMES PATON NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 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.