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JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1943 – May 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Anthony Bifareti JR, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương 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 61E, Line 23
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- SHERMAN JAMES BOULWARESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 24
- REGINALD ALONZO BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 24
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 1
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 2
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 2
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 3
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 7
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 9
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
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.