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PATRICK JOHN SCOGNAMILIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordPatrick John Scognamilio, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 31
- JEROME STEVEN STARCKSHospitalman · July 6, 1968
- RICHARD LEE TRISLERSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- CHARLES EDWIN WIGHTSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- JOHN ANTONACE JRLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 27
- BRANDT STEELE NEUBACHERSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 29
- JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 30
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.