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JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJoseph Elisio Orlandi JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 8
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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
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 8
- AVERY MERRILL NYE IIICorporal · March 16, 1970
- WAYNE DONALD PEAGLERSergeant · March 16, 1970
- ROBIN ANDREW PEARCELieutenant · March 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 4
- MICHAEL DE-WAYNE DAVISSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 4
- VINCENT EDWARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 5
- JOHN DANIEL INGRUMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 6
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.