Monday, February 25, 2013

A FALLEN WARRIOR - CAPTAIN FEDELE A. CICERO, US ARMY


For those who may not recall "Tiger" Cicero from Our Lady of the Angles Parish, and for those of us who knew him in high school, we all pay honor to his memory..."All Gave Some, Some Gave All"  ... When I visited the Vietnam Wall I looked at his etched name and his fallen date ...  The years seemed so few from back in our day to now that we are old men...For him, time stood still and his youthful face in our Knight yearbook will remain forever young...  We remember and will never forget.
Please pass this email onto other classmates, requesting a moment of prayer and remembrance for our Fallen Classmate.
Footnote:  July, 1967, I was aboard USS RANGER (CVA 61) conducting air strikes against the North Vietcong, since I was in the area of operations, I may have been the closest to Fedele on the date of his death, my only wish now is that I could have been closer to him during our high school days, but I do remember him walking the marble floors in the halls of the East Building at St. Mel HS....please share a remembered story with our Classmates.
Fedele Anthony Cicero

ON THE WALL: Panel 22E Line 98
PERSONAL DATA:
  Home of Record Chicago, IL
  Date of birth: 01/15/1939
  This page Copyright© 1997-2013 www.VirtualWall.org
MILITARY DATA:
  Service: Army of the United States
  Grade at loss: O3
  Rank: Captain
  ID No: O5514624
  MOS: 82162: Operations & Training Staff Officer (G3, S3) (Ranger Qual)
  Length Service: 06
  Unit: ADV TEAM 54, HQ, MACV ADVISORS, MACV
CASUALTY DATA:
  Start Tour: 02/01/1967
  Incident Date: 07/02/1967
  Casualty Date: 07/02/1967
  Age at Loss: 28
  Location: Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam
  Remains: Body recovered
  Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
  Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
  Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
  URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dc/CiceroFA01a.htm
  Data accessed: 2/25/2013
THE VIRTUAL WALL ®   www.VirtualWall.org
Fedele Anthony Cicero
Captain
ADV TEAM 54, HQ, MACV ADVISORS, MACV
Army of the United States
Chicago, Illinois
January 15, 1939 to July 02, 1967
FEDELE A CICERO is on the Wall at Panel 22E, Line 98
See the full profile or name rubbing for Fedele Cicero

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3 comments:

  1. Thank you for remembering and honoring my father. God Bless you and all who were his friends in high school.

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  2. Dear Michael...Sorry that it has taken me so long to respond, I found your note today...At each of our ST. MEL HS CLASS OF 1957 REUNIONS, we honor and pray for your Father in remembrance and gratitude for sharing his life and service to our country. I hope you have his smile because it was a great one! Best regards, Bob Hastings in Maine. Class of 1957 will hold our 60th Class Reunion in Chicago June 2017..hope you can make it with your family.

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  3. My email is NAVYBEAR@COMCAST.NET

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