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JERRY ROY MARCO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – May 9, 1970
Service recordJerry Roy Marco, of Ferguson, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Ferguson, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 7
- WILLIAM O LASSITER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- RONALD SIDNEY LOWESpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JOHN AUSTIN MARRSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE LEE NAILS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 8
- RAYMOND MURPHY MORRISCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 9
- OSCAR ABREGO SOLISSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 9
- DAN ROGERS STEWARTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 9
- RICHARD ARTHUR WELLSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 10
From Ferguson
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- EUGENE RICHARD GUDISWITZLance Corporal · June 18, 1970
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.