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JOSEPH P MARA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – November 20, 1965
Service recordJoseph P Mara, of Bellwood, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellwood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 103
- JOHN PATRICK EMERLINGPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- GEORGE MCCUTCHENColonel · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 102
- DONALD HAROLD PERRICHONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
From Bellwood
- RONALD JOSEPH COSTANTINOLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · November 27, 1968
- EDWARD BERNARD IWASKOSergeant · October 10, 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.