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ROSS ANGELO TROVATO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1950 – June 27, 1971
Service recordRoss Angelo Trovato, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 91
- CHARLIE THOMAS TANTONStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1971
- STUART MARSHALL BINKLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1971
- BERNARD FRANCIS BRZEZINSKICorporal · June 28, 1971
- CHARLES WILLIAM COOKSpecialist Five · June 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHANSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 90
From Ozone Park
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.