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JAMES VINCENT DRAGONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – December 23, 1970
Service recordJames Vincent Dragone, of Middletown, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 3
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1970
- DALE EDWARD SHULTZSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- GARY WAYNE SMITHSergeant · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND DONALD KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 2
From Middletown
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
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.