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MARCELINO VARGAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1950 – March 10, 1970
Service recordMarcelino Vargas JR, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 109
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 109
- STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- CLIFTON WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- EDWARD F YAPSUGA JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.