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JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1943 – February 15, 1967
Service recordJoseph Anthony Falato, of West New York, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1943
- Home of record
- West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 32
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DAVIE JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 34
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 35
From West New York
- BERNARD BARRIOSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY DABONKAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- EDGAR HENRY VALLECILLOCorporal · June 6, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · August 26, 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.