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JOSEPH D PELLEGRINO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1943 – May 18, 1966
Service recordJoseph D Pellegrino, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 85
- KENNY WAYNE BULLARDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- HARRY ELIAS CRISSEY JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- EMMET LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES L CHERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 80
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.