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FRANCO DIANI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1949 – September 20, 1970
Service recordFranco Diani, of Passaic, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 1 INF 196 LIB
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Passaic, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 76
- LARRY GLENN BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · September 20, 1970
- LARRY RUSSELL BUSICKPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS DOTSON IIISergeant · September 20, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
From Passaic
- EDWARD JOSEPH PAULSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- ALBERT C LAWSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- GEORGE MCCLELLANDStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JRCorporal · March 30, 1969
- STEWART SAMUEL BURRPrivate First Class · April 23, 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.