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MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – October 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Charles Saporito, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 15
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 15
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DEVOEPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- RONALD JAMES REDENIUSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1968
- WALTER SHERROD JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- LOYDE HAROLD SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 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.