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MARK EDWARD POLICASTRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – February 26, 1968
Service recordMark Edward Policastro, of Renovo, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Renovo, Pennsylvania (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 42
- GERARD MORRIS MCDONALDCorporal · February 26, 1968
- SAMUEL DUANE MCINTURFPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- JAY CEE DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 37
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 38
- ROBERT ALLEN JANSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ANTHONY LAROCCOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 41
- ROBERT LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 45
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ZUNIGACorporal · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Renovo
- JOHN CHARLES KEIPERStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- EARL THOMAS MOORE JRPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
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.