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ALBERT L DADAMO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – March 28, 1969
Service recordAlbert L Dadamo JR, of Wanamassa, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 67
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Wanamassa, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 67
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- VICTOR ANTONIO BURRISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES CAREYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOSEPH BOUCHARDSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 65
- JOSEPH DANIEL GOODALE JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 68
From Wanamassa
- HAROLD JAY LANNINGPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1965
- JAMES FRANCIS LYTALSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
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.