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JOHN THOMAS ORRICO
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – November 2, 1970
Service recordJohn Thomas Orrico, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 35
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Ridgefield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 35
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KASTERFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1970
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
- FREDERICK WILLIAM PRUDENSergeant First Class · November 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 34
- DOUGLAS JOHN CAMPBELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 34
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 35
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 35
- GEORGE HENRY ROGALLAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 36
From Ridgefield
- THOMAS EDWARD CARNEGIEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
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.