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VINCENT THOMAS DAIELLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – December 20, 1968
Service recordVincent Thomas Daiello, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 49
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 49
- ROBERT ARTHUR CLARKSergeant · December 20, 1968
- WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS OVYLE DUKESpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- LARRY ROSS FOXSergeant · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GARY SIKESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 53
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.