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ALPHONSE JOSEPH MACCHIONI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1945 – May 30, 1968
Service recordAlphonse Joseph Macchioni, of Johnston, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Johnston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 18
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS LONGPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- MARK ELDREDGE MELLORPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
From Johnston
- RONALD EARL BLAKESpecialist Four · June 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB WANGPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1968
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.