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JOSEPH MORRIGGI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – July 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph Morriggi, of Garfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Garfield, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 113
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- WILLIAM TORBERT MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · July 13, 1969
- REYNALDO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JERRY GENE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EARL YATESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 115
From Garfield
- JOSEPH STEPHEN LAFASOSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- TYRONE HILLPrivate · May 12, 1968
- CRAIG JESSE DEVORESergeant · July 8, 1968
- ANTHONY MANGANELLO JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- MARK JOHN STEPHANACSpecialist Five · September 14, 1969
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.