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ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINIC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1945 – May 17, 1967
Service recordRobert Mario Dedominic, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 14
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
- November 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 14
- WHILTON ANTHONY MCCARTHYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · May 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE DODGECommander · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ADRAIN EAKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 13
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 16
- JAMES RICHARD MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 17
- JASPER NEWTON NEWBERRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 17
- ANDREW JONAH SHORT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 18
- ROGER DARRIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
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.