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JOHN STORELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – February 4, 1967
Service recordJohn Storelli, of Watervliet, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 120
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Watervliet, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 120
- DONALD EARL THOMPSONCommander · February 4, 1967
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- DENNIS WILBURPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- FRANKLIN BRUCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE CAMMARATASpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 116
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 116
- JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 118
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 121
From Watervliet
- ROBERT W HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 8, 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.