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JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1944 – January 30, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Paluscio, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 121
- JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZPrivate · January 30, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
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.