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JOHN ANTHONY DABONKA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – February 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Anthony Dabonka, of West New York, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 107
- ROBERT VOLNIE BAIRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROGER DANIEL HERRANDOSergeant · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LUIS GUILLERMO MORAPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 108
From West New York
- BERNARD BARRIOSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- EDGAR HENRY VALLECILLOCorporal · June 6, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · August 26, 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.