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JOHN ALBERT GIACONE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – October 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Albert Giacone JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 35
- LLOYD DEAN GILLESPIEMaster Sergeant · October 9, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DONALD CURTIS HAMMSergeant · October 9, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.