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JOHN PEDRO DELGADO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1949 – July 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Pedro Delgado, of Sanger, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 5
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 5
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- LE ROY GEEPrivate · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE GIBBINSCorporal · July 9, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 9, 1968
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.