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LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1949 – June 10, 1968
Service recordLouis Mario Girolimon, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 19
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HEINTZCorporal · June 10, 1968
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · June 10, 1968
- ALEX LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 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.