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DENNIS ALBERT GATTI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – August 22, 1969
Service recordDennis Albert Gatti, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 93
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE RAY GOODMAN JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN GRECUSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HILLSergeant · August 22, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.