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ANIELLO CARLOS NUNZIATO
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1947 – March 29, 1968
Service recordAniello Carlos Nunziato, of Woodside, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 1
- WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JRMajor · March 29, 1968
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- KENDAL ROBERT KRUSESergeant · March 29, 1968
- NATHANIEL WILLINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE CARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 62
- MICHAEL LEE GANDYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 62
- JOSE MEDRANO JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 2
- MARVIN EUGENE PENRYSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 4
- HAROLD EUGENE PENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 4
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 5
- GARY ARNOLD SCOTTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 5
- FRANK LOUIS RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 6
- CONNIE VERGEL WELLSSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 6
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 7
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.