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DENNIS FLOYD AMATO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1940 – November 27, 1965
Service recordDennis Floyd Amato, of Eastlake, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Stevedore (56E)
- Born
- July 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Eastlake, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 115
- DENNIS LANE LONGSpecialist Four · November 26, 1965
- WILLIAM HAROLD CRISMANSergeant · November 27, 1965
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · November 27, 1965
From Eastlake
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID FRANCOIS FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 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.