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ORRIN JOSEPH CASSATA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordOrrin Joseph Cassata, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 22
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 22
- DAVID ALLEN BRADSHAWSergeant · September 7, 1967
- RONALD PAUL CHERRSTROMCorporal · September 7, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SEWELL BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 21
- ROBERT DEAN BLOUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 21
- CHARLES GARY HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 25
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.