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JOHN WAYNE MALAPELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – February 9, 1965
Service recordJohn Wayne Malapelli, of Burlington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Burlington, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 87
- DON ROBERT LEWISCaptain · February 9, 1965
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JAMES BLAIR ALEXANDER JRSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EMMETT JOSEPH BRYANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 86
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 86
From Burlington
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- MARVIN GENE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
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.