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RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1944 – July 18, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Giovanacci, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 85
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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
- February 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 85
- DAVID ROGER CHATTERTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 18, 1967
- TYRONE DARRETTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- DON EDDIE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEVETT GENTRYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- ROBERT LEVETT GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 85
- ROGER WILLIAM GREETANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 86
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 86
- DAN CLIFTON STARNS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 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.