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JAMES VINCENT VINCIGUERRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – January 25, 1970
Service recordJames Vincent Vinciguerra, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 67
- CARL JOHN PREUSSCorporal · January 25, 1970
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS SPILLERSSergeant · January 25, 1970
- VERNON MIKELL WIGGINSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNON MIKELL WIGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 67
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.