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Casualty Info
Home Town Orange Park
Last Address Orange Park
Casualty Date Jun 20, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died of Illness, Other Injury
Reason Malaria
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Jacksonville Memory Gardens - Orange Park, Florida
The 12th Marine Regiment is an artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Smedley Butler, Okinawa, Japan. Nicknamed "Thunder and Steel," the regiment falls under the command of the 3rd Marine Division.