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DOMINICK LAWRENCE CUCCIA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – May 30, 1970
Service recordDominick Lawrence Cuccia, of Huntington Station, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 120
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntington Station, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 120
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · May 30, 1970
- JOSEPH RUSSLE CLINCHFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1970
- BRIAN JOHN DEVANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 30, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE DUVALSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
From Huntington Station
- ROBERT JOHN BOKINAStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH DYKESeaman · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- RICHARD CARBONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · June 18, 1969
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.