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DENNIS ANTHONY IASELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordDennis Anthony Iasello, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 101
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 101
- SHELDON WAYNE HICKSStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JASON DAVID HUNNICUTTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- SALVATORE IOZZIASergeant First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOHN ANGELO KALIVASSergeant · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOE BREDENKAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 96
- ALF EDWARD ERIKSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 97
- THOMAS PAUL LANDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 102
- KENNETH JOSEPH PITRESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 105
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.