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ANJELO JOSEPH APRILLIANO
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
December 20, 1945 – April 26, 1968
Service recordAnjelo Joseph Aprilliano, of Valley Falls, New York, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Valley Falls, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 13
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- ELDON ALLEN BAKERSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BALITCHIKSeaman · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 52E, Line 14
- JESS WILLIAM CREASON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 16
- DALE ALTON CRULLChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEWEESESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILFRED DRAPERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 17
- DANNY EDWARD HEREAUSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 19
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- FRED ANTHONY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- MICHAEL PAUL STILESSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 24
- LARRY ALDEN WINCHESTERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 26
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.