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JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1946 – March 8, 1967
Service recordJoseph Mario Cagnacci, of Pleasanton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Pleasanton, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 39
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- MANUEL CARDENAS IISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- CARROLL OWEN CRAIN JRCommander · March 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL CARDENAS IISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 39
- WILBERT JAMES GRESHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 40
- CHARLES RAY MOUDRYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
- ROBERT LOUIS SMITHCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 42
From Pleasanton
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · November 23, 1967
- ABEL JOSEPH DELA PAZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JEFFREY LYNN DAVISSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · February 14, 1971
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.