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CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1944 – May 8, 1966
Service recordCarmine Vincent Genovese, of Rahway, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Rahway, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 40
- MICHAEL LEE FAULKNERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ARTHUR LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 39
- MICHAEL LEE FAULKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
- ARTHUR LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
From Rahway
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 1970
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.