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TOMAS MARROQUIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1945 – August 11, 1966
Service recordTomas Marroquin JR, of Mercedes, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Mercedes, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 127
- LARRY RAY DRISKELLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · August 11, 1966
- ROMEY EARL HUGHART JRCorporal · August 11, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD IRWINCorporal · August 11, 1966
From Mercedes
- ISIDRO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- JOHN DOSS ALLENLance Corporal · May 24, 1970
- EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1971
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.