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FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1946 – June 4, 1969
Service recordFranco Antonio Ditullio, of Clinton, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 63
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Clinton, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 63
- DONNEY DELANEYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- PATRICK DALE FINCHSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- GREGORY GERALD FUCHSCaptain · June 4, 1969
- JOE ROBERT GARCIACorporal · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 65
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DONALD F VANCOOK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 68
From Clinton
- GUY FORD SNYDERStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD FLOYD JRStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CARROLLFirst Sergeant · December 18, 1966
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.