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MARTIN M DIANTONIO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1945 – March 30, 1967
Service recordMartin M Diantonio JR, of Rahway, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Rahway, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 71
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS CURRYCorporal · March 30, 1967
- HENSLEY MCFADDEN DILWORTHLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DEAN GUNDOLFPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 72
From Rahway
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 1970
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.