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DOMENICO CACCIOLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordDomenico Cacciola, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 110
- JAMES WESTLEY AYERSMajor · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE DEWEY BENNETTSpecialist Five · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BRESNAHAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS RAYMOND BURNSLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DELMAR ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 109
- ROBERT HUGHESTON CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 111
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- DAVID ROY CUSHINGSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- EDWARD STEPHAN FISHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 114
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 124
- LOREN CLEVELAND SURLESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 126
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.