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VINCENT COLASUONNO
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 18, 1930 – February 12, 1969
Service recordVincent Colasuonno, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 12, 1969, in Laos, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 18, 1930
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 19
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.