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ALLEN ROBERT AMBROGI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordAllen Robert Ambrogi, of Finleyville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 94
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Finleyville, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 94
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- MELVIN ELIJAH WHITESpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- ALEX JIM ALVAREZSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
From Finleyville
- ROBERT GUY BROWNLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM E GUSEMAN IIICorporal · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.