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JOHN ALBERT GIOIA
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1948 – June 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Albert Gioia, of Batavia, New York, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 3 NC BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Batavia, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 33
- ROBERT JUNIOR GARRETTCorporal · June 9, 1970
- ROBBY DAVID HANVEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1970
- BARRY WAYNE HILBRICHCaptain · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL GILBERT JONESPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
From Batavia
- JOHN WESLEY GEARYLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL SHAFFERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ARTHUR THOMAS STACHOWSKIPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH BERMINGHAMAirman · August 23, 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.