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CLEMENT JOSEPH TROIANELLO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1932 – July 26, 1970
Service recordClement Joseph Troianello, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 57
- ALTON LESKER STEGALLCorporal · July 26, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · July 26, 1970
- GREGORY CARL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- SAMUEL WILLIE WILLIAMSCorporal · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WADE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 54
- JIMMY HENRY MERCERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- DENNIS RAY NOBLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 57
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.