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MARCOS HERNANDEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1937 – October 30, 1965
Service recordMarcos Hernandez, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Defense Specialist (5711)
- Born
- September 14, 1937
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 6
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- ROBERT PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 1966
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.