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JAMES VINCENT ANTOLINI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1942 – May 9, 1968
Service recordJames Vincent Antolini, of Norton, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Norton, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 18
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH NICK DAMBRASpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 15
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 19
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 21
- JOSEPH GREENESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- BARRY WAYNE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- SAMUEL SWANN LINVILLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- MICHAEL LANG MITCHELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 28
- CHARLES RICHAR ROSENBUSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 31
- GARRETT TIMOTHY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 32
- RALPH SANCHEZ JRPrivate · Panel 57E, Line 32
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PROTZCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 34
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 1
- EDWARD TYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 1
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.