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MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – October 3, 1967
Service recordMichael Dennis Daiello, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 43
- MARK ANDREW BATEMANCorporal · October 3, 1967
- ARTHUR RAYMOND COUGHLINCaptain · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM WHITBY DUCKMajor · October 3, 1967
- WALLACE W HOPKINS JRSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 45
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 46
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 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.