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SALVATORE JOHN MANCINO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1942 – July 25, 1968
Service recordSalvatore John Mancino, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 7
- DAVID ROBERT LANGCorporal · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH ANDRE LHUILLIERCaptain · July 25, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LIVINGSTONCorporal · July 25, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 5
- ROBERT LEE WENZELSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 11
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.