Gaetano LA GRASTA

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Service Number:	A222023
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 Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales 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

28 Oct 1966:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, A222023
19 Jun 1967:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, A222023, Base Support Flight (RAAF)

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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

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