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MARK ANTHONY VASQUEZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1946 – March 19, 1967
Service recordMark Anthony Vasquez, of City Of Commerce, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 116
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- City Of Commerce, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 116
- GILBERT NOLAN SMITHSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- JAMES C TARKENTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- FRANK TUNSTILL JRLance Corporal · March 19, 1967
- FRANK VALDEZPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
From City Of Commerce
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
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.