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WILLIAM FENTON DITORO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1944 – January 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Fenton Ditoro, of Albany, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 121
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 121
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
- SAMUEL DIGGES FREEMAN IIICaptain · January 7, 1967
- CONLEY R GARLANDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
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.