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AUGUSTUS J PONTO III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1945 – June 10, 1967
Service recordAugustus J Ponto III, of Blackwood Terrace, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Blackwood Terrace, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 84
- WILLIE ALBERT PARKSPrivate · June 10, 1967
- ROBERT LENWOOD PLATT JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1967
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RONALD LEE STAPELMANSpecialist Four · June 10, 1967
From Blackwood Terrace
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
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.