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SHANE NUNZIO SOLDATO
Major · U.S. Army
August 30, 1934 – May 23, 1970
Service recordShane Nunzio Soldato, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 88
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 88
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 1970
- WILLIAM H VAUGHT IIISergeant · May 23, 1970
- FRANK T VERLIHAY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1970
- JOHN DOSS ALLENLance Corporal · May 24, 1970
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.