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JOSEPH ALLEN MARASCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1947 – July 22, 1969
Service recordJoseph Allen Marasco, of Somers, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Somers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 34
- ROLAND CHARLES HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1969
- CHARLES WALTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- CARL DOUGLAS SHIRLEYFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 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.