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MICHAEL JOHN VAGNONE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – April 18, 1970
Service recordMichael John Vagnone, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 23
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALBRIDGEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
- ROBERT ALBERT WALLCorporal · April 18, 1970
- JOSEPH A BOBANICH JRSergeant · April 19, 1970
- CHARLES ARTHUR BUSINDAWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE DANGBERGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 20
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 20
- WILLIAM H HAAKINSON IIISergeant · Panel 11W, Line 21
- DANIEL F KASZUBOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 22
- ROBERT ALBERT WALLCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 23
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
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.