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MARTIN JOHN DIMARZIO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1949 – March 14, 1970
Service recordMartin John Dimarzio, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 128
- MICHAEL ALLEN MEEHANCorporal · March 14, 1970
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- LOUIS A PAVLACKY JRCorporal · March 14, 1970
- JIMMY DARRELL ROBERSONCorporal · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE HANEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 127
- LOUIS A PAVLACKY JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 128
- JIMMY DARRELL ROBERSONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 128
- JOHN JAMES ILLINGWORTHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 129
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.