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AMBROSE P TANASSO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – December 24, 1968
Service recordAmbrose P Tanasso JR, of Randolph, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Randolph, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 74
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · December 24, 1968
- GEORGE LUBOMYR TATARYNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- EDWARD LEE VANDERPOOLSergeant · December 24, 1968
- ALBERT GAMALIEL VINSONCorporal · December 24, 1968
From Randolph
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.