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LUIS GUILLERMO SCAMARONI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordLuis Guillermo Scamaroni, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 34
- JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- RUSSELL WILLIAM SCARBOROUGHPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- JAMES EVERETT SILFEEPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ALFRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER WILLIAM BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 24
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 25
- DANNY EUGENE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 27
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.