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RICHARD LEE IANNICELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – June 23, 1966
Service recordRichard Lee Iannicelli, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 80
- WILLIAM DOWDYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- ANTHONY GILMOREPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- JOHN EDISON HAMPTONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 82
From Castro Valley
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1969
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.