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NICHOLAS CANCILLA
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 23, 1946 – March 26, 1969
Service recordNicholas Cancilla, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 26, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 44
- RICHARD EUGENE BRENNEMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- STANLEY MELVIN CLINGLERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY DIFIGLIALieutenant Colonel · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD REED ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 28W, Line 51
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 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.