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ROCCO ROSARIO LUCISANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1948 – October 1, 1968
Service recordRocco Rosario Lucisano, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 57
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 57
- JOHN EDWIN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOHN DILLARD WILLIAMSSergeant · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 56
- EDDIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 60
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.