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JOSEPH JOHN MILANO
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 24, 1949 – August 24, 1969
Service recordJoseph John Milano, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 24, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 107
- WILLIAM FRANK GOLLIDAYCorporal · August 24, 1969
- DENNIS LEE HENRYSergeant · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM DUANE KAYGAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.