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SALVATORE PETER CEMELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – December 8, 1966
Service recordSalvatore Peter Cemelli, of Weehawken, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 20
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
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Weehawken, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 20
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 20
- GARY LEE HARBINPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 21
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.