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JOHN ANDREW SCARPINATO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Andrew Scarpinato, of La Puente, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 27
- MICHAEL EDWARD RAINSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROCKEFELLERHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SAPPSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- GREGORY ALLEN SHELLEYCorporal · June 7, 1968
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.