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MARIO YBARRA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1943 – March 6, 1966
Service recordMario Ybarra, of Weslaco, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 127
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Weslaco, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 127
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- J H ALEXANDERPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1966
- BOBBY JOE MARSHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- CYRUS SWAN ROBERTS IVFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 126
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 126
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 127
From Weslaco
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- JOSE ANTONIO ROSASStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- JOE DANIEL DUNNStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
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.