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MATTHEW JOHN AGUGLIARO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – December 25, 1967
Service recordMatthew John Agugliaro, of West Hempstead, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 56
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- West Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 56
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD SWEENEYSecond Lieutenant · December 24, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN BURNSSergeant · December 25, 1967
From West Hempstead
- JOHN DANIEL KRISCHEPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GERALD THOMAS GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LESTER VINCENT CAFIERO JRCorporal · March 12, 1970
- RAYMOND VINCE DEBLASIO JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 18, 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.