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SAM CATALANO JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1950 – August 10, 1969
Service recordSam Catalano JR, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 121
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 121
- ALBERTO TORRES ANZALDUASergeant · August 10, 1969
- LEVI LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- RONALD LEE BERRYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD CARTERSergeant First Class · August 10, 1969
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.