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ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1946 – September 14, 1968
Service recordAlan Robert Giannelli, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 56
- JAMES MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · September 14, 1968
- CLIFTON LEE BOWENPrivate · September 14, 1968
- RONALD MONTE FRASERSergeant · September 14, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE HEAPSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.