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EDWARD STEVEN SACCO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – July 15, 1967
Service recordEdward Steven Sacco, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 78
- RONALD FELTON POOLEAirman First Class · July 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY PRICEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- DAVID AARON RITZSCHKEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- RAYMOND RUIZLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 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.