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ANTONIO LOUIS MORETTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordAntonio Louis Moretti, of West Kingston, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 91
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- West Kingston, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 91
- JOHN KAUGARSFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1970
- SAMMY RAY MORRISONSergeant · May 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE PRITCHARDStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
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.