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WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANI
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 4, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordWalter Anthony Cicchiani, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 11
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- LOREN KEITH DAVEYStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES DIEDRICHLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES DIEDRICHLance Corporal · Panel 53E, Line 11
From Butler
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFANDSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERSMajor · May 20, 1966
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- RAYMOND PATRICK LINKSergeant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- PAUL STASKO JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARENCE DOYLECaptain · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.