Buchser High

Angelo was the fourth and final member of the Class of ’67 to be lost in Vietnam. Angelo was one of the few who had more than a years' service before being sent to Vietnam.  Angelo was in-country less than two months before his loss.

The unit logs and reports concerning the time that Angelo was serving indicates that mines and booby-traps were plaguing the battalion and accounted for most of the casualties during the month of March.  The battalion log indicated that at 1540 hours a member of H3 (3^rd platoon, Hotel Company) had set off a booby-trap resulting in one KIA.

Personal Data

Home of Record:   San Jose, CA

Date of Birth:         10/27/1949

Military Data

Service Branch:    United States Marine Corps

Grade at Loss:        E5

Rank:                      Sergeant

MOS or Specialty: 0331: Machine Gunner

Length Service:     Two years

Unit:                        3^rd PLT, H CO, 2^nd BN, 5^th Marines, 1^st MARDIV, III MAF

Casualty Data

Start Tour:             02/02/1970

Incident Date:       03/26/1970

Casualty Date:       03/26/1970

Age at Loss:            20

Location:                Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam

Remains:                Body Recovered

Casualty Type:      Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason:  Ground casualty

Casualty Detail:    Other explosive device

On the Wall:             Panel W12   Line 46