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DANIEL ARTHUR GATTO
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1950 – June 6, 1969
Service recordDaniel Arthur Gatto, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 86
- PHILLIP D GARDNERCorporal · June 6, 1969
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · June 6, 1969
- MICHAEL F GRISAFE JRCaptain · June 6, 1969
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
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.