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RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1945 – June 19, 1967
Service recordRussell Louis Filiberti, of Astoria, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 11
- WILLIAM JERRY DILLONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ALLEN NORBERT ENGELPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- EDWARD LEE FAILS JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND D CROWDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- EDWARD LEE FAILS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- BLAINE WILSON LANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- BOBBY LOUIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- WAYNE THOMAS SCHUMACHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 19
- WILLIAM NORMAN SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 19
- LEONARD VITO TEDESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 21
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
- DANIEL VICTOR MICHELPrivate First Class · March 12, 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.