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JOSEPH FRANK MARCANTONIO
Private · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – August 10, 1970
Service recordJoseph Frank Marcantonio, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 99
- HERMAN VICTOR STURM JRSergeant · August 9, 1970
- NEAL VINCENT BAINTERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER CAFFEYSergeant · August 10, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD CROWLEYSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NEAL VINCENT BAINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 99
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.