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WINSTON ELVETTE MARCANO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1938 – September 2, 1968
Service recordWinston Elvette Marcano, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 27
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1938
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 27
- HERBERT GEORGE LUCASSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY MOONCorporal · September 2, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD OSBORNSpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- JAMES DALE PEOPLESFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE V SZCZEPANCZYKPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 29
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.