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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Edward Arthur Lionetta.

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EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTA

Corporal · U.S. Army

July 31, 1947 – March 15, 1968

Service record

Edward Arthur Lionetta, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44E · Line 60

Position of Panel 44E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
July 31, 1947
Home of record
Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 15, 1968
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 44E, Line 60

Same unit, same day

From Springfield

All 47 names from Springfield →

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.