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CATALINO B ANTONIO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 21, 1950 – August 18, 1972
Service recordCatalino B Antonio JR, of Maui Island, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 18, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Maui Island, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 67
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1972
- ORLAND JAMES PENDER JRLieutenant Commander · August 17, 1972
- JOHN RUSSELL PITZENCaptain · August 17, 1972
- GRADY THOMAS TRIPLETTFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1972
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.