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JOSEPH PETER DASTOLI
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordJoseph Peter Dastoli, of Chillum, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Chillum, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 123
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT KARL COOLEYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MICHAEL GASSNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 124
- JOHN LEONARD GRIMESSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 124
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.