The Wall › Panel 4W › Ohio › Paul Anthony Sgambati
PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1950 – March 3, 1971
Service recordPaul Anthony Sgambati, of Girard, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 20
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Girard, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 20
- GARY TEOFILIO PADILLACorporal · March 3, 1971
- RICHARD LEWIS PARKPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
- DALE MARVIN SNYDERSpecialist Five · March 3, 1971
- HAROLD LOWELL ALGAARDWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 18
- TOMMY RAY HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 19
- RICHARD LEWIS PARKPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 20
From Girard
- JOSEPH A SICILIANO JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- RONALD CARL ROSSStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR JONESPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- JAMES W CHARLESWORTH JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1970
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.