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John Robert Aneli
Private First Class
B BTRY, 8TH BN, 6TH ARTILLERY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 15, 1946 to August 07, 1967 JOHN R ANELI is on the Wall at Panel 24E, Line 85 |
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The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial. Aneli came to the United States from Italy while still a young boy. He fell in love with America. He enlisted in the Army in August 1966 after graduating from Monsignor Bonner High School and began a long process of becoming a U. S. citizen. The private first class, a radio telephone operator and cannoneer with B Battery of the 18th Battalion (sic), 6th Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, died August 7, 1967, in Viet Nam after being hit by an Army truck. He was 20 years old. Aneli was posthumously granted citizenship four months later. He was survived by his parents and a sister.
From a native Philadelphian and Marine, |
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