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JOHN R DAGOSTINO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJohn R Dagostino JR, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 53E, Line 11
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- LOREN KEITH DAVEYStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES DIEDRICHLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.