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GARY MARIO MARTORELLA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordGary Mario Martorella, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 4
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
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 4
- HOWARD JAMES ALAIMOLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- SEVERIANO AMADORLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS ANELLOSergeant · May 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH APPOLONIAPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.