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DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINI
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 16, 1945 – June 26, 1970
Service recordDouglas Silvio Vergamini, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 97
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 97
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN PETRIECaptain · June 26, 1970
- WALLACE ROBERTSSergeant First Class · June 26, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 93
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 93
- GARY LEE FLECKPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 94
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 97
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 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.