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JOSEPH VINCENT CAMERLENGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – October 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph Vincent Camerlengo, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 94
- LARRY DALE BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1969
- JACK CALAMIASergeant · October 20, 1969
- JAMES IVORY COLEMANCorporal · October 20, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD CONKRIGHTSergeant · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 93
- DENNIS GAYLE HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 95
- PATRICK MARTIN GRELLASergeant · Panel 17W, Line 96
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.