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REINALDO CARRASQUILLO-SOLTERO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1950 – July 30, 1969
Service recordReinaldo Carrasquillo-Soltero, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 73
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 73
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
- LARRY MURRAYSergeant · July 29, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK QUINLANLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- HUGH EDWARD REVISPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 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.