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SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1949 – November 13, 1970
Service recordSalvatore Joseph Armato, of West Babylon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 56
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1949
- Home of record
- West Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 56
- WILLIAM W BANCROFT JRFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1970
- KEN DWIGHT BURNSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- ROBERT HUGH GUMM JRSergeant · November 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEN DWIGHT BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 56
- JAMES LEWIS HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
- CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
From West Babylon
- JOHN THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS JAMES KANELance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES PAPECaptain · May 18, 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.