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JOHN DINAPOLI JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1943 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Dinapoli JR, of Carlstadt, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Communications Center Officer (0221)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Carlstadt, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 10
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DALTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE L BLUMECorporal · Panel 60E, Line 8
From Carlstadt
- DARRON FREDERICK ZICCHINOSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- GERARD JOSEPH WALKERPrivate First Class · December 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.