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NICHOLAS LOUIS VENDITTI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – July 15, 1969
Service recordNicholas Louis Venditti, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Malvern, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 3
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- LUIS TORRES-SERRANOSergeant · July 15, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAMILTON DUNNSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 124
From Malvern
- RICHARD THOMAS LYNCHCaptain · September 10, 1964
- GARY DWIGHT JEFFERISSpecialist Four · September 6, 1966
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.