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ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1939 – March 18, 1966
Service recordEnrico Henry Pagnano JR, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 21
- JOE DUSTIN KELLYSergeant · March 18, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · March 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 20
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 22
From Newton
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
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.