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GUIDO FARINARO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1949 – July 30, 1968
Service recordGuido Farinaro, of Bethpage, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 37
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Bethpage, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 37
- JERRY LEROY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- FLOYD EUGENE SELLERSPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- LOWHMAN SOLON SUTTONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Bethpage
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- LEONARD FREDERICK JANTZENSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY MORGANLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- OTTO CHARLES GRABOWPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HASENFLUGPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HENAGHANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.