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MARK FREDERICK BIAGINI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1950 – June 13, 1972
Service recordMark Frederick Biagini, of Mangilao, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Mangilao, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 42
- WILLIE HOOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1972
- FRANCIS JOHN DAVISLieutenant Commander · June 14, 1972
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
From Mangilao
- JESUS ROSA MARIANOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- FRANCIS SAN NICOLAS TORRESergeant · February 19, 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.