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JOSEPH PAUL CANDIANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – November 12, 1967
Service recordJoseph Paul Candiano, of Andover, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 80
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 37 SIG BN USARV
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Andover, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 80
- JOHN HENRY BARNESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JOHN DAVID CAYCESeaman · November 12, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE COUCHSergeant · November 12, 1967
- JACOB ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1967
From Andover
- EUGENE RAYMOND MOREAUSergeant · August 27, 1966
- BRIAN RICHARD OCONNORSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY BELANGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- WARREN CHARLES DEYERMONDSpecialist Four · July 14, 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.