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MARIO P DELEON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – August 18, 1969
Service recordMario P Deleon, of Robstown, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 59
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Robstown, Texas (Nueces County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 59
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- DANIEL RICHARD DAVISCaptain · August 18, 1969
- STANLEY HEMAN DICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT HUGHES DONAWAYFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 59
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 64
From Robstown
- RUBEN GARZA CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- JESUS GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · March 6, 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.