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JACK DANIEL LANELLI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 1, 1945 – August 31, 1965
Service recordJack Daniel Lanelli, of Napa, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- JAMES MCNALLY MITCHELL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- ROBERT EUGENE RIEDELPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
From Napa
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
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.