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NICHOLAS RALPH PROCINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1949 – November 8, 1969
Service recordNicholas Ralph Procino, of Galena, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 46
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Galena, Kansas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 46
- CLINTON DWIGHT PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- DARREL GENE PIERCEStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
- STEPHEN JAY PRASZYNSKICorporal · November 8, 1969
- WILLIAM LEWIS REGERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEWIS REGERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 46
From Galena
- PHILIP BLAINE HINESFirst Lieutenant · July 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.