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PETER COLICCHIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordPeter Colicchio, of Brentwood, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 4 BN 3 INF 11 LIB
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 44
- KENNETH LEE CRYSELLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- LUNAS JONAS DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- WILLIAM MARCUS DANIELSLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
From Brentwood
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.