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NICHOLAS FRANK CERRATO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – May 10, 1969
Service recordNicholas Frank Cerrato, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 37
- JAMES CARMEN BYRDSergeant · May 10, 1969
- JAMES CRAIG DEWARPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL MARTIN DOBYNS JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE ALMEIDA JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 34
- ROBERT EARL BOWMANCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 35
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.