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HARRY RICHARD ITALIANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordHarry Richard Italiano, of Suitland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Suitland, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 53
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- CLAYTON DEAN JENKINSLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 49
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 52
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MITCHELL HARVEY SANDMANCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 58
From Suitland
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
- WOODROW CHARLES CRONKRITEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1968
- DAVID LEO WRIGHTLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES RANDEL TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.