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JOHN MARIO FILIPPELLI
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – November 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Mario Filippelli, of Hayward, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 16
- BENNY DEAN CLAYTONFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- EDSALL A FRICKFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- JIMMY LEE GRIERConstructionman · November 4, 1968
- DAVID B HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 18
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 18
- BARNEY JOE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 19
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 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.