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DOMINIC JOSEPH CIFELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1943 – April 28, 1967
Service recordDominic Joseph Cifelli, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 106
- JAMES DAVID CIRUTIPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- RITSON LEWIS Y CLARKECorporal · April 28, 1967
- MORRISON AUTHER COTNERMajor · April 28, 1967
- KENNETH BRYAN MORRISSergeant · April 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BRUCE SEDGWICKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 111
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.