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AUGUST THOMAS BATTAGLIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1945 – April 13, 1968
Service recordAugust Thomas Battaglia, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 39
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 39
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RICHARD ERNEST CAWLEYHospitalman · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 44
- RICHARD ALVIN RENFROSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 47
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.