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SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – November 27, 1968
Service recordSalvatore John Piscitello, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 79
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 79
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- GENE PAUL STUIFBERGENStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1968
- THEODORE ALFRED SWEATTSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- DANIEL CLINE TEDROWCorporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 70
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 71
- DENNIS JAMES FETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 73
- WILLIAM GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 74
- BILLY CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 74
- ERIC DORAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 75
- JOE ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 75
- BOOKER T LOFTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 75
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 76
- VINCENT LEO MAGERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 76
- DONALD STEPHEN MIHORDINSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GRAMBLING PARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 77
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 78
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- LONNIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- JOEL DAVID WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 81
- JOE IRVIN WOODCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 81
- RODNEY BIRDELL YARDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 81
From Gloucester
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
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.