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DAVID WILLIAM TARANTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1945 – October 12, 1968
Service recordDavid William Taranto, of Norwich, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwich, New York (Chenango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 54
- WILEY LOUIS MARTINLance Corporal · October 12, 1968
- LUIS FORERO SAAVEDRAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT HUERTA SANCHEZSergeant · October 12, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW SOWAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
From Norwich
- DONALD GENE BRANTCorporal · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD W FRINKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- HOWARD EARL BURDICKStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- EARL PETER BEECHINGPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.