DANIEL J. GIORDANO III
Home Of Record:
HI-NELLA
County:
Camden
Status:
Killed In Action
Rank:
PFC
Branch Of Service:
Marines
Country Of Incident:
SVN
Date of Casualty:
May 18, 1969
Date of Birth:
August 02, 1949


 

Daniel J. Giordano III was born on August 2, 1949. His home of record is Hi-Nella, NJ.

He served in the US Marine Corps and attained the rank of Private First Class (PFC). He was assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.

Giordano was killed in action on May 18, 1969.

Information provided by Roger Liggon (veteran) and NJVVMF


 From  http://pfcgiordanonjmcl.org/ PFC Giordano Detachment;

Daniel J. Giordano

A Hi - Nella Marine has died of injuries sustained in a helicopter crash May 18 1969 in Vietnam. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Giordano of Hi - Nella were notified by the Department of Defense that their son, Daniel, died of burns resulting from the helicopter crash.

PFC Giordano, 19, was a graduate of Sterling Regional High School. He joined the Marine Corps in August of 1968, and was sent to Vietnam January 28. He was with Bravo Co 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.

His brother, John Faulls, 26, of Bellmawr commented: He went in the Marines to do his two years. He wanted to go in and get it over with. He was a good kid. Faills is a Navy Veteran. Sorry to report that Danny has no living immediate relatives at this time.

Semper Fidelis


A note from the Virtual Wall http://www.virtualwall.org/dg/GiordanoDJ01a.htm below;

A Note from The Virtual Wall
Six Marines died on 10 May 1969 when a CH-46 (BuNo 152560) of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 was shot down while making a combat assault landing:
Aircrew, CH-46 BuNo 152560:
Cpl Peter Gibson, Gunner, H&MS-39
Cpl Kennith W. Wheeler, Crew Chief, HMM-262


From Bravo Co, 1st Bn, 9th Marines:
LCpl Virgil Lee Larkins
LCpl Paul D. Mannerow
Pfc Gerald Gene Broussard
Pfc Roy James Mrosewske
The HMM-262 Command Chronology for the date of his death contains the following information:
"HMM-262 launched an 8 A/C (aircraft) assault lifting troops of First Battalion Ninth Marines, into Landing Zone Erskine located at YD-162106 (UTM grid coordinates). Small-arms fire was received by one of the A/C while in the zone during the first wave, yet no hits were taken. On the second wave, 93-8 (aircraft mission number) while approaching the zone had a power loss, fell short of the zone, crashed and burned. The pilot, copilot, and one gunner, Major Whitfield, 1/Lt P. J. Traube, and L/Cpl J. W. Stewart, received minor injuries. However the crew chief and second gunner, Cpl K. W. Wheeler and Cpl P. Gibson (H&MS-39) received fatal injuries ... "
In addition to the six dead, six other Marines were injured in the crash - and on 18 May one of them died from his injuries: Private Daniel J. Giordano.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend.
burnsdennyb@aol.com


MESSAGES LEFT ON THEWALL-USA

** Note that some of these messages are from years ago and their contact information may not be good anymore **

woody postle
wwpostle@dmv.com
dj was my squadmate
204 old flint circle
dover,de 19904 Usa
dj was on a chopper that crashed on FSB erskine, the crash was 5/10/69. he was medevaced to a hospital ship and then to japan. he died of burns on 5/18/69. the operation was APACHE SNOW. dj was in bravo 1/9 2nd plt.usmc. "THE WALKING DEAD"
Tuesday, May 25, 1999

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