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MARCELINO NIEVES-COLON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – August 28, 1968
Service recordMarcelino Nieves-Colon JR, of Country Club, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 52
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Country Club, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 52
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MCKNIGHT JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- ELBERT AUSTIN PHILLIPSTechnical Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LYNN PITTLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 46
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 47
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 48
- PEDRO DIAZCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 48
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 50
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 54
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.