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JOHN ANGELO VIRGONA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1943 – March 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Angelo Virgona, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 55
- KENNETH JOHN GREENESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD WEITZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 51
- DONALD EDWARD WEITZPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 55
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.