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ALLAN NAPOLEON SCAVELLA
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1929 – January 16, 1969
Service recordAllan Napoleon Scavella, of New York, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 18
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1929
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 18
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH MUREL RUSSELLPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 17
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 18
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.