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JUAN MASILLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1948 – October 24, 1968
Service recordJuan Masillo, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 29
- EVERETT JACOB MEESTERSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MOSS JRSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MRAZIKPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
From Chicago Heights
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- GARY ROBERT WILSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 14, 1967
- JUAN REFUGIO GARCIALance Corporal · June 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 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.