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DENNIS JOSEPH GATTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordDennis Joseph Gatti, of Keyport, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 113
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Keyport, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 113
- MICHAEL GENE DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT DUNAWAYSpecialist Five · May 28, 1970
- JAMES TED FISHERCorporal · May 28, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARMANDO MONTERRUBIOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 115
From Keyport
- ROBERT IRVIN JOHNSONSergeant · November 1, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 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.