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ALEXANDER NICH DIGUARDIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1946 – October 26, 1967
Service recordAlexander Nich Diguardia, of Holbrook, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Holbrook, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 73
- RICHARD JAMES BROWNSergeant · October 26, 1967
- EDWARD CLEMCorporal · October 26, 1967
- JOHN OLIN COOPER IIIMajor · October 26, 1967
- ROBERT BRENDEN CRANESpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE AUGUSTUS GRANTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 74
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.