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MARK STEVEN DIORIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1950 – February 26, 1970
Service recordMark Steven Diorio, of Salinas, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 56
- RONALD STEPHEN BAYPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- NORMAN KELLY BYASSEEPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT BARRY CROSBYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BARRY CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 56
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.