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THOMAS ANTHONY SCIBELLI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – December 27, 1969
Service recordThomas Anthony Scibelli, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 100
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 100
- DONALD IRVEN PRINGLESergeant First Class · December 27, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
- REGERNAILD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- LOUIS ZABROWSKICorporal · December 27, 1969
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 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.