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JOHN ROCCO MUCCI
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1949 – November 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Rocco Mucci, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 76
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 76
- JIMMY RAY CALLISONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- RICHARD C SCHOENBERGCaptain · November 21, 1970
- TOMMY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- JEFFREY ALAN COFFINWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES IGNATIUS BOWDREN JRCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 75
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.