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WILLIAM JOHN BASSIGNANI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1943 – August 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Bassignani, of Newfane, Vermont, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 58
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Newfane, Vermont (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 58
- HOWARD CARLTON ARDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD BARRETTPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- NEWTON THOMAS BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RIGOBERTO GOMEZ-DIAZSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 60
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.