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JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1932 – March 20, 1966
Service recordJohn Anthony Vergallito, of Elmira, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 21, 1932
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 27
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- LOUIS ALLEN AMBROSEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 26
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
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.