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JOHN FRANCIS DALOLA III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Francis Dalola III, of Penndel, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Penndel, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 56
- GARY DEAN DOCTORLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- VINCENT FRANCIS GARVEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 55
- WILLIE JUNIUS ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 58
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 59
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.