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JOSEPH JOHN POSTIGLIONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – March 8, 1970
Service recordJoseph John Postiglione, of Utica, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 98
- JOHN RICHARD PENMANFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · March 8, 1970
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD PENMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 98
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
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.