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ALFRED ANDREW FILIPPELLI
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – September 26, 1968
Service recordAlfred Andrew Filippelli, of Woodside, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DAVID ECKERFELDSpecialist Five · September 26, 1968
- BARRY KEVIN FISKFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- DOUGLAS EUGENE GOSSAGESpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID HACEKCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- NICHOLAS PETER LESANDO JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JAMES TOBEYSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 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.