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JOHN MICHAEL BIONDI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – May 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Michael Biondi, of Mt Rainier, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Rainier, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY BEESON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 9
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RANDALL VINCENT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 13
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 13
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 16
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.