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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carmine Angelo Macedonio.

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CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIO

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 13, 1950 – December 7, 1970

Service record

Carmine Angelo Macedonio, of Williston Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 113

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
July 13, 1950
Home of record
Williston Park, New York (Nassau County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 7, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 113

Same unit, same day

From Williston Park

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.