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SALVATORE AGRI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – April 9, 1968
Service recordSalvatore Agri JR, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 56
- ALBERT WILLIAM WARTHANStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- ARTHUR J WEINPERCorporal · April 8, 1968
- ANDREW JOHN BABYAK JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FRANCIS DAZEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 57
- DENNIS WAYNE REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 5
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 7
From Chelsea
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.