3rd Battalion 26th Marines in Vietnam

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Year	1968
Month	12
Day	4
Hour	9
Minute	50
Sequence	2*
DateTime Group	12040950.2*
3/26 Unit	I 3/26
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Map Grid	BT014585
Place	North of Route 4, 5 km west of Dien Ban
Activity	Operation Meade River. Quang Nam Province. Hostile, Ground casualty, Small arms fire.
Casualty	USMC KIA
Name	MARASCO, William Frederick PFC USMC KIA

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Name: Nik Dunbar
Comment Posted: 11/14/2011 4:02:54 AM
Description: A Note from The Virtual Wall In the latter part of Operation MEADE RIVER the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines formed a cordon line on the north side of Route 4 west of Dien Ban. As the cordon was closed, compressing the area held by the enemy, the fighting became fiercer. On 04 Dec 1968 India 3/26 engaged an enemy force entrenched in a tree line, losing four Marines and one Corpsman: Cpl Reid R. Ross, Flinton, PA (Silver Star); HN James C. Tarrance, Jacksonville, FL H&S Co w/ I/3/26 (Silver Star); Pfc Jerome A. Long, Beloit, KS; Pfc William F. Marasco, Rochester, NY; and Pfc Marlin Smith, Los Angeles, CA.

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