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JOHN JOSEPH APPOLONIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1949 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Appolonia, of Coventry, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 4
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Coventry, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 4
- HOWARD JAMES ALAIMOLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- SEVERIANO AMADORLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS ANELLOSergeant · May 31, 1968
- GARY MARIO MARTORELLALance Corporal · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT BYERS JRLance Corporal · Panel 62W, Line 6
From Coventry
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND NELSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · January 9, 1971
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.