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ROBERT JOSEPH TARANTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – November 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Taranto, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 8
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEROY WARNERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RUFUS GASTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 5
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.