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JOHN BERNARD MARCELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1943 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Bernard Marcello, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 6
- DENNIS LEE MACKCorporal · May 25, 1968
- GUY WAYNE MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MASTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD AUGUSTUS SMALLSSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 4
- HERBERT LEE VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 67W, Line 6
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.