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JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – April 19, 1967
Service recordJoseph Leonard Colotti, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 48
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- HARRY LEE ECCARDStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- GILBERT EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JOHN SMITH HAMILTONColonel · April 19, 1967
From Glens Falls
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WARREN VANTASSELLCorporal · July 5, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 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.