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GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLO
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – August 27, 1967
Service recordGennaro Joseph Decarlo, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 50
- DAVID RAYMOND FAEHNRICHLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- FRANK CLARK FISHERCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RAYMOND FORT JRCorporal · August 27, 1967
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 27, 1967
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 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.