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DENNIS ARTHUR SPENELLI
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 21, 1950 – September 6, 1969
Service recordDennis Arthur Spenelli, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 51
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 51
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAPPELLSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- NEAL ARTHUR SMITHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- JERRY SYLVIAPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.