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JOHN V MORASCINI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1942 – July 14, 1969
Service recordJohn V Morascini, of North Windham, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 119
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1942
- Home of record
- North Windham, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 119
- DENNIS FRANKLIN LORDENSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- THEODORE MENDEZ SRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN PASCALESpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- GREGORY JOHN PEARSONSeaman · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DONALD HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 118
- DAVID CARL TOBIEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 122
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TROYAN JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 122
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.