Rank: Private, Pv-2 (Army), Pvt (Airforce, Marine Corps)
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 91B – Medical Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Medical Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: Medic
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 9-Dec-1949
Hometown: New York, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 10-Mar-1969
Start of tour: 14-Sep-1969
Incident date: 10-Aug-1970
Date of casualty: 10-Aug-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Joseph Frank Marcantonio was killed while a medic on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a mine detonated. / Medic on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on resupply mission. Vehicle detonated hostile mine.
Three Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP4 Neal Vincent Bainter
PVT Joseph Frank Marcantonio
SGT William Lester Wilhelm
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 910 308
Place of interment: Saint Charles Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA
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