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DANIEL J CONTESTABILE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1930 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDaniel J Contestabile, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Baker (94D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 29, 1930
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 7
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- EDWARD WALTER CONNELLY JRCaptain · May 5, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RICKY LEE DOYEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 1
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 1
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 8
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 12
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 19
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 20
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 28
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 36
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
From Jamaica Plain
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.