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DOUGLAS LOUIS DISPENSIERO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1946 – March 15, 1967
Service recordDouglas Louis Dispensiero, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 85
- THOMAS CARROLL NICKERSONSergeant · March 15, 1967
- THOMAS M OLINSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- GARY WAYNE OLSONCorporal · March 15, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 84
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.