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RONALD SAPORITO
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 26, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRonald Saporito, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 30
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 30
- GARY OLIN SCHLAMPPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WALLACE WILLIAM SHANEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH PARKER SHASTEENPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
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.