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PERRY DIBERARDINO
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1942 – September 16, 1968
Service recordPerry Diberardino, of East Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1942
- Home of record
- East Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 4
- JOHN MARTIN DONOHUEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- JAMES CLAUDE DURHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · September 16, 1968
- KENNETH ROY FARDENCorporal · September 16, 1968
From East Boston
- LAURENCE NELSON SOUSACorporal · January 15, 1966
- MARTIN L GILLESPIE JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 21, 1966
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN NASHAWATYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.