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JOSEPH S CHIACCHIO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1948 – July 26, 1969
Service recordJoseph S Chiacchio JR, of Glendale, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 47
- JULIUS LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 26, 1969
- ROBERT DALE BUSWELLPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAPRIOPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- LESLIE DEAN CARTER JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.