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LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – May 20, 1967
Service recordLouis Joseph Inferrera, of Vineland, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 61
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
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Vineland, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 61
- DAVID JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEIL KEEFEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
From Vineland
- JOSEPH FRED HAYESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- LANCE NORMAN JENKINSLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MOUNTLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · May 15, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE DAVISLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JOHN ANGELO KALIVASSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.