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JOHN MATHEW VITELLO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – December 15, 1968
Service recordJohn Mathew Vitello JR, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 27
- THOMAS EARLE RAMSEYCorporal · December 15, 1968
- EARNEST EARL SHEFFIELDPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
- TEDDY RAY SININGERSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.