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MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – March 27, 1968
Service recordMichael Candido Russo, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 49
- WAYNE WILLIAM PEARCESergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- FRANK SCHUSTERCorporal · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE WILLIAM PEARCESergeant First Class · Panel 46E, Line 49
- JOSEPH EUGENE SINTONISpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 50
- EXTRUMBERTO SOLISSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 50
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · Panel 46E, Line 51
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 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.