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VINCENT JAMES AGIUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1946 – April 17, 1967
Service recordVincent James Agius, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 38
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 38
- DEAN ROGER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- ROSARIO RUSSEL ABBATESergeant · April 17, 1967
- GARY ARTHUR BILLHIMERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW DISHMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY EVANS MEADLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.