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JOSEPH BORRUSO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1949 – October 26, 1970
Service recordJoseph Borruso JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 22
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- ROBERT M SHUPTRINESpecialist Five · October 25, 1970
- PETER PAUL BOHNWAGNERSergeant · October 26, 1970
- DONALD RICHARD COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE VERNON HARGROVEPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 23
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.