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JOHN SEBASTIAN MANFERDINI
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Sebastian Manferdini, of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- East Longmeadow, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALLEN LAYTON JRSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1969
- ABBIE EUGENE LEAZERPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 1969
- THOMAS NICHOLAS MOTTOSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
From East Longmeadow
- GERALD ARTHUR LETENDRELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- CALVIN RAY WILSONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- LEWIS JEWETT NEWBERRYSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
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.