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ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – December 18, 1968
Service recordAngelo Andrew Petraglia, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 41
- GREGORY INMAN BARRASColonel · December 18, 1968
- ROGER CLAIR MCCORDCorporal · December 18, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE MILLHOUSESpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH BRUCE MILLHOUSESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 41
- RUSSEL JOSEPH WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 42
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 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.