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NICK PANELLA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – July 3, 1967
Service recordNick Panella JR, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 121
- LLOYD FREEMAN PHILLIPSSergeant · July 3, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN PHILPOTTGunnery Sergeant · July 3, 1967
- PETER C REYESCorporal · July 3, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN ROEDERERCaptain · July 3, 1967
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 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.