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MICHAEL JOSEPH INGRASSIA
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
January 3, 1928 – August 28, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Ingrassia, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 50
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Products Supply Officer (4960)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 3, 1928
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 50
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN JACKSONSergeant · August 28, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT LAMBStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.