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DENNIS NICK VATISTAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1949 – December 22, 1970
Service recordDennis Nick Vatistas, of Dover, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 1
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 1
- FINLEY AUSTIN RICECorporal · December 22, 1970
- DAVID NAYLOR STEGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1970
- GARY PRESTON BOOTHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUISSergeant · December 23, 1970
From Dover
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 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.