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KIM MICHAEL DILIBERTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – August 17, 1969
Service recordKim Michael Diliberto, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 53
- CARL CALVIN BATES JRSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · August 17, 1969
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- DAVID AUSTIN GAYSergeant · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 54
- JAMES RANDOLPH HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 55
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 55
- MATTHEW PETERSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- CLIFFORD SEALSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
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.