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DONALD JAMES SPATAFORE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1946 – March 13, 1969
Service recordDonald James Spatafore, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 33
- JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYKSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS LESLIE VENDELINPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- KENNETH LAWRENCE WATSONSergeant · March 13, 1969
- CYRIL THOMAS YECKLEYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
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.