Specialist Four James Dominick Sacco
U.S. Army
Honored on The Wall: Panel 34E, Line 43
Date of Birth: April 28, 1947
Home of Record: Syracuse, New York
Casualty Province: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Date KIA: January 13, 1968
Service and Sacrifice
SP4 James D. Sacco served as an infantryman with A Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade (Americal Division), and was a squad leader in 2nd Platoon.
On January 13, 1968, he was leading a squad-size patrol behind their base camp near Hill 69 in Quang Tin Province when they were ambushed while moving back across a muddy rice paddy. He was the only American hit, suffering a fatal head wound. He was medevacked to Chu Lai, where he died shortly afterward.
Reflection
Some heroes are remembered for a single moment.
Others are remembered for leadership, the kind that puts you up front, guiding others through danger, even when you can’t see what’s waiting in the tree line.
Today, we honor Specialist Four James Dominick Sacco.
We remember his service.
We remember his sacrifice.
And we say his name.
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On January 13, 2026 The Micky Spano Show recognizes Specialist Four James Dominick Sacco, U.S. Army, killed in action, 58 years ago, on January 13, 1968, and remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Panel 34E, Line 43.
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