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VINCENT PISCAR JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1948 – July 19, 1968
Service recordVincent Piscar JR, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 14
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 7 ENGINEERS
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 7 ENGINEERS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 14
- JACOB F SIRATT IIICorporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE SOLIZSergeant · July 19, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SOSNOSKISergeant · July 19, 1968
- RANDALL FILLMORE SWANCEYSergeant · July 19, 1968
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.