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CHRISTOPHER JOHN RICETTI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordChristopher John Ricetti, of Islip Terrace, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Islip Terrace, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 56
- GERARD MICHAEL REGGIOSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- WILLIS ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- PATRICK ANTHONY RUSSELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- FELIPE OBED SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
From Islip Terrace
- CRAIG BARRY GARIEPYSergeant · June 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS GILROYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
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.