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PHILIP MARASCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1946 – July 29, 1968
Service recordPhilip Marasco, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 30
- DONALD JOSEPH GREENECorporal · July 29, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- SOLOMON LEARYCorporal · July 29, 1968
- JEFFREY LEA MARTINSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.