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THOMAS ANTHONY CHIALASTRI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – April 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Anthony Chialastri, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 18
- PAUL THOMAS BAZARLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- RALPH BURKHALTER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- SANTANA S FERNANDEZ JRSergeant · April 21, 1969
- JOSEPH FICARAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 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.