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MICHAEL PHILIP PELLEGRINO
Seaman · U.S. Navy
May 24, 1947 – February 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Philip Pellegrino, of Maspeth, New York, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Maspeth, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 44
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE MOHAREMOFFSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MURRAYSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
From Maspeth
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- LANCE LAGRANGEFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- ALLAN STANLEY MAJORAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK NOONAN JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
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.