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JOHN BARRY TALIANA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – October 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Barry Taliana, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 129
- MILAN ELMER WHITTENPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CASEYSecond Lieutenant · October 30, 1966
- DONALD ALFRED CHRISTPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 128
From Natrona Heights
- ROBERT CHARLES OLSON JRPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD F HABBLETT JRPetty Officer First Class · May 18, 1970
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.