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MARCO AURELIO FREGOSO
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1946 – August 28, 1969
Service recordMarco Aurelio Fregoso, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 1
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 1
- ROBERT GONZALESPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- EDWARD HERBERT SHERRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.