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JOSEPH FICARA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1950 – April 21, 1969
Service recordJoseph Ficara, of White Plains, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 18
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
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 18, 1950
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 18
- PAUL THOMAS BAZARLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- RALPH BURKHALTER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY CHIALASTRIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- SANTANA S FERNANDEZ JRSergeant · April 21, 1969
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
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.