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COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – September 17, 1968
Service recordColombo Phil Delterzo, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 13
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- DEWAYNE CORBITTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES DAWSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 18
- JAMES PATRICK RAWLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 20
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 22
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 24
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.