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GERALDO MARQUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordGeraldo Marquez, of Laveen, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 95
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Laveen, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 95
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- JERRY SYLVESTER MCDONALDSergeant · February 28, 1969
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN DONALD BARNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 87
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.