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JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1947 – November 6, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Pignato, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Winthrop, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 29
- DAVID LOUIS MERRILLPetty Officer Second Class · November 6, 1968
- RUSSELL J POWELLSergeant · November 6, 1968
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · November 6, 1968
From Winthrop
- PAUL FRANK BRUGMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAUSergeant · March 7, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
- EDMUND LAMBERT MACNEIL IIIStaff Sergeant · May 2, 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.