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GIACOMO JAMES CINTINEO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 16, 1943 – December 25, 1966
Service recordGiacomo James Cintineo, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 78
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- CARL M EGOLFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE LEONARD FRAGUAPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.