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JOSEPH ANTOGNINI III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1945 – December 28, 1968
Service recordJoseph Antognini III, of San Jose, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 83
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · December 27, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REID ERNEST GRAYSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 84
- JAMES BOYD ARTMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 85
- THOMAS PAYNE PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 86
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.