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JOHN ANTHONY SORRENTI
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 28, 1948 – March 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Sorrenti, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 40
- ROBERT LELAND SLOANSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1969
- DAVID JAMES WARCZAKSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.