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MARCELLO JAMES LOFARO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – January 30, 1968
Service recordMarcello James Lofaro, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Khanh Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 74
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS BEN KOUHNSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH E CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 67
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 71
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 71
- RICHARD W PERDUESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 78
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.