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SALVATORE CARMELO INSANA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1933 – July 22, 1968
Service recordSalvatore Carmelo Insana, of Wickliffe, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 33
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Systems/Circuit Controller (31N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1933
- Home of record
- Wickliffe, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 33
- TED SCOTT FERGUSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- MACKLIN OTIS HUGHESSergeant · July 22, 1968
- WILHELM S HURKMANS JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
From Wickliffe
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- FRANK SHARTZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- FIELDING W FEATHERSTON IIICaptain · December 30, 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.