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ANTHONY GIANELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – January 18, 1966
Service recordAnthony Gianelli, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 78
- KARL LUDWIG THOMPSONLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- JESSE J MILLERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE J MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 78
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 78
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.