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DAMIEN JOHN JAMES MESSINO
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 9, 1950 – December 27, 1969
Service recordDamien John James Messino, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 99
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 99
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- TOMMY LEE MARKSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT PAKULASpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
From Hummelstown
- JERRY WARREN NYEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- RICHARD K CRISWELL IIICorporal · August 10, 1968
- RICHARD LEE DIEMLERSergeant · March 4, 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.