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MICHAEL ANTHONY PASTORINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – November 17, 1969
Service recordMichael Anthony Pastorino, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 89
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 89
- BRIAN LEWIS LONGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- WILLIE DAVIS MCNEILCorporal · November 17, 1969
- DUANE KENNETH PETERSONSergeant · November 17, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT PITTINGERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
From Huntingdon Valley
- DAVID RICHARD SIMONSSergeant · January 4, 1968
- PAUL SCHECKLERLance Corporal · July 3, 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.