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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steven Giacoppo JR.

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STEVEN GIACOPPO JR

Sergeant · U.S. Army

May 6, 1946 – July 15, 1968

Service record

Steven Giacoppo JR, of Astoria, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 52W · Line 35

Position of Panel 52W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
May 6, 1946
Home of record
Astoria, New York (Queens County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 15, 1968
Age
22
Province
Vinh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 52W, Line 35

Same unit, same day

From Astoria

All 21 names from Astoria →

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.