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MARCOS PIZARRO-COLON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 17, 1950 – August 11, 1970
Service recordMarcos Pizarro-Colon, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 103
- LUCIEN JOSEPH MIGLIORESergeant · August 11, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES PIERCELance Corporal · August 11, 1970
- THOMAS LAMAR PORTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1970
- WALTER LEE REDDINGPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.