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VINCENT ANTHONY DATENA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – March 3, 1968
Service recordVincent Anthony Datena, of North Babylon, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- North Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 49
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- ABRAHAM LINCO COLON-PEREZStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · March 3, 1968
- FRANK ROBERT DIMMITTCaptain · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- RONALD JEROME DENT CASPERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- DAN EUGENE CHARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- FRANCISCO FRANCOSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 51
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- JIMMY FRANCIS LEHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 53
- JIMMIE EDWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 55
- DANIEL L PENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 55
- HARMON WAYNE PERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 56
- EDDIE LEE PLEASANTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 56
- SAMUEL DEWEY RIDER JRSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 56
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- KENNETH LINDLE OLDHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 58
- DENNIS HUGH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 58
From North Babylon
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- HENRY YORKCorporal · February 8, 1968
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · March 28, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 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.