Rinaldi, Robert D. Jr.
Army Recruit

Robert D. Jr. Rinaldi, age 21, from Clifton, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Parents: Bruno and Anne Stramiello Rinaldi
Spouse: Nina Lynn Zangara Rinadldi

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Clifton High and Paterson State College

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Passaic Herald News (1961)