Biondo, Martin
Army Specialist 4
Martin Biondo, age 22, from Kirkwood, Missouri, St. Louis county.
Service era: Vietnam
Parents: Joseph Biondo
Schools: Vianney High graduate
Military History: Bronze Star, Purple Heart, 12th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Tuesday, March 19, 1968
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1968, 2016)
After we were blown up and I was able to walk I found you. I told you then I failed you. You told me it wasn’t my fault. After they kicked me out I told them I was your medic. I came back to see you but they told me you didn’t make it. This is a memory that is burnt in to my memory.