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JOSEPH COLORIO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1950 – August 12, 1969
Service recordJoseph Colorio, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 11
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1969
- ALBERT V COLLETTO JRCorporal · August 12, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD W CONSTIENCorporal · August 12, 1969
- FRED JOSEPH DELORENZO JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 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.