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CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – April 29, 1967
Service recordCharles Philip Detomaso, of Corona, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 27 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 114
- FRANCIS THOMAS DILLONSeaman · April 29, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1967
- JOSEPH GRADELCorporal · April 29, 1967
- JACK KURIPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · September 11, 1968
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 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.