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JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – November 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Adduci, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 113
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 113
- MICHAEL JOHN POLLSpecialist Five · November 23, 1969
- ROY MILES STILWELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- ALFRED LEE TURNERStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1969
- HENRY GERHARDT ALLENPrivate First Class · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BYUSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 115
- JOSEPH RANDAL HARRISSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 117
- CHARLES M RUSSELL IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.