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JOSEPH PETER COLASURDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – January 3, 1969
Service recordJoseph Peter Colasurdo, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 25
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
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 25
- PHILLIP ERNEST BENJAMINPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- JOHN VICTOR COUTURESpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 29
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 29
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UNSINNSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 30
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
From Edison
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 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.