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JOSEPH S PIRRUCCELLO JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 21, 1941 – December 8, 1968
Service recordJoseph S Pirruccello JR, of Wright Patterson Afb, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1968, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 SPEC OPS SQ
- Born
- August 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Wright Patterson Afb, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37W, Line 67
- DAVID MICHAEL JALBERTLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- CONNARD DARRELL MALLORYCorporal · December 8, 1968
- CARL JEROME MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- DAVID NED MOORECorporal · December 8, 1968
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.