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DOMENIC SMIGLIANI
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1933 – July 27, 1971
Service recordDomenic Smigliani, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 116
- GUNTER WILFRIED SCHEUSergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE SCHULZESeaman · July 27, 1971
- KEN HARRIS TAKETASergeant · July 27, 1971
- CHARLES CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
From Hyde Park
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 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.