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CARL LAWRENCE DINUNZIO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – March 22, 1969
Service recordCarl Lawrence Dinunzio JR, of Derby, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Derby, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 10
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- THOMAS FOLDENCorporal · March 22, 1969
- RICHARD WALTER GODENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- WALTER GREEN JRPrivate · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 7
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- RICHARD WALTER GODENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 10
- LEONARDO RIOS-VELAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- DAVID CLARK VALLANCESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Derby
- CHARLES MICHAEL LAMBYSergeant · March 30, 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.