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MARK EDWARD TONTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – January 18, 1970
Service recordMark Edward Tonti, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 44
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 44
- STEVEN AL MUELLERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- CHARLES JAMES NOLDERStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1970
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · January 18, 1970
- DAVID HENRY STOPPELWERTHSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD FORDSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 42
- DONALD LAWRENCE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 43
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WITEKSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 45
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.