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DAVID JOHN SPINALI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – October 15, 1967
Service recordDavid John Spinali, of San Mateo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 12
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- HUBERT STACKHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ARNOLD DEAN SYROVATKASpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 9
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
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.