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MARCO OSCAR DELCASTILLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordMarco Oscar Delcastillo, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- RENDLE DULENPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
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.