Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 16-Jan-1944
Hometown: Artesia, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Nov-1968
Start of tour: 18-May-1969
Incident date: 12-Aug-1969
Date of casualty: 12-Aug-1969
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Marcello Nunez Barrios was killed while crew member of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Scout observer on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Five Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Marcello Nunez Barrios
1LT Jonathan Paul Hash
SGT Larry Roman Schmidt
SGT Christopher Cutler Webster
SP4 Larry Jay Wheeler
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 784 814
Place of interment: All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, California, USA
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