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JAMES JOHN RAIOLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1948 – October 19, 1968
Service recordJames John Raiolo, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 4
- DANIEL MATTEI-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
- SAMUEL MENASergeant · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL DOMINIC PAONESSAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.