LA GRASTA, Gaetano
Service Number: | A222023 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Base Support Flight (RAAF) |
Born: | Genoa, Liguria, Italy, 22 September 1946 |
Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cooks Assistant |
Died: | Stabbed by Vietnamese Civillian, Vung Tau, Vietnam, 19 June 1967, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Mortuary 2, area 17, grave 2098 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
28 Oct 1966: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, A222023 | |
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19 Jun 1967: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, A222023, Base Support Flight (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Gaetano was born on 22nd Sept. 1946 in Genoa Italy - his parents details are unknown
He was a leading Aircraftman with the Royal Australian Air Force - service no. A222023 & was serving in the Vietnam War
He died of wounds he received in a knife fight with a South Vietnamese soldier near Vung Tau on 19th June, 1967
He is buried in Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney NSW and is memoralized on the Vietnam War Memorial Grafton