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JOHN VELCO FIORENTIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1941 – November 23, 1965
Service recordJohn Velco Fiorentin, of Anaheim, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- August 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 110
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- L C BLAKESergeant First Class · November 23, 1965
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 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.