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JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJoseph Anthony Mancuso, of North Bellmore, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- North Bellmore, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 46
- CHARLES WILLARD LARMANSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 47
- ALTON SHEDDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 50
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CHARLES BRYANT WATSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 52
From North Bellmore
- JOSEPH MANDARINOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR WICKSCorporal · July 12, 1970
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.