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MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1944 – August 12, 1969
Service recordMarcello Nunez Barrios, of Artesia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 21
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Artesia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 21
- RONALD JOHN RAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES ROY RICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 1969
- GERADO PEDRO RIOSPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 16
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 19
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 25
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 26
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
From Artesia
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- DANIEL LEE POWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- GEORGE VANDER DUSSENCorporal · July 10, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
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.