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COSMO FRANCIS PACETTA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1945 – September 5, 1967
Service recordCosmo Francis Pacetta, of Far Rockaway, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 2
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Far Rockaway, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 2
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID RAYMOND MILLERPrivate · September 5, 1967
- DAVID CLAYTON PHELPSHospitalman · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CALVITTISpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 113
- BENJAMIN ANDREW THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 4
From Far Rockaway
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ELFLEINCorporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · September 8, 1967
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JRCorporal · March 4, 1971
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.