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CHARLES JOHN CATELLI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – January 4, 1969
Service recordCharles John Catelli, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 33
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE DAVISLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- PAUL MICHAEL EVANSLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- GARY DAVID FALKSergeant · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIS LEANDREW MIDGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 34
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
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.