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GARY ANTHONY SANCEVERINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – April 27, 1970
Service recordGary Anthony Sanceverino, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 61
- JAMES ALVIN RUSSMajor · April 27, 1970
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 1970
- JAMES THEALBEART SWIFT JRCorporal · April 27, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM TOMSpecialist Five · April 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DEAN BROWNCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 57
- RICHARD MICHAEL FORTECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 57
- HAROLD GLENN GRISSOMSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 58
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 59
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 61
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 62
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.