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MICHAEL VITACCO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – January 23, 1967
Service recordMichael Vitacco, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 120 AHC CAP AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 71
- ARTHUR LEE DANCYPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- DONALD GLENN PEDDICORDPetty Officer First Class · January 23, 1967
- GUINN JUNELL ROGERSCaptain · January 23, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM VANCLAKEPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
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.