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JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIO
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – May 22, 1970
Service recordJoseph Anthony Cerio, of Cortland, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 78
- ARTHUR PINA ADAMESergeant · May 22, 1970
- CHARLES F ARMENTROUTSergeant · May 22, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 1970
- RALPH WILLIAM BIGELOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES F ARMENTROUTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 78
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 79
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- PEDRO HERRINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 81
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM THEISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 83
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.