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JOHN JOSEPH TUMINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1942 – May 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Tumino, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 41
- JESUS LOPEZ RAMOS JRSergeant · May 7, 1966
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- JOHN BACOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT BYRON BUSHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 39
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 41
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.