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JOSEPH DIGREGORIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1949 – April 15, 1970
Service recordJoseph Digregorio, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 6
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- DEAN BLAIN DAFLERSergeant · April 15, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD DISANTISCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 5
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 6
- WILLIAM RICHARD DISANTISCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 6
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 7
- JOHN HOWARD POHLMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 9
- THURMAN WILLIAM WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 11
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
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.