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GEORGE MERCADO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1946 – December 11, 1966
Service recordGeorge Mercado, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 10, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 35
- ALVIN EDWARD KURTZSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCMASTERSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
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.