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ERNEST D FUNICELLI JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – November 3, 1967
Service recordErnest D Funicelli JR, of Orange, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 15
- HANS HERBERT GRAUERTLieutenant (junior grade) · November 3, 1967
- CLEOPHIS HARRISONSergeant · November 3, 1967
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · November 3, 1967
- JERRY LEE JACKSONCorporal · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 14
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 14
- JAMES THURMAN MORRIS JRPrivate · Panel 29E, Line 16
From Orange
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BURTON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- FRANKLIN CHARLES EUCKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS ALLERTON MEADECorporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM L HOLLAND JRPrivate · March 12, 1968
- WILLIAM HURLE SATTERFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MANIASSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.