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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Michael Dangelico.

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JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICO

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 4, 1948 – January 2, 1970

Service record

Joseph Michael Dangelico, of Ft Edward, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15W · Line 117

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
11 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
September 4, 1948
Home of record
Ft Edward, New York (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 2, 1970
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15W, Line 117

Same unit, same day

From Ft Edward

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.