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ROBERT JOHN DIPIETRO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – July 29, 1971
Service recordRobert John Dipietro, of Trenton, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 118
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 118
- HOWARD LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- NEIL ADAMS JRStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1971
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
From Trenton
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES MCKINLEYLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOLBROOKCorporal · February 7, 1968
- LOUIS WADE CUSSINSLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
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.