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JOHN DIDOMIZIO
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1948 – September 4, 1967
Service recordJohn Didomizio, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 97
- FLOYD CARL CRAVENCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 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.